Description: He tends to wear a large white jacket. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born in the east to a Courier, Kâka learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: In love, Job, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp).

Description: This woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her left hand. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Riswynn was born the youngest of three triplets. After coming to the age of reason, Riswynn took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 20 pp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, black shirt, and blue tie. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Adventurer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears her brown hair up. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His black hair is lengthy. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. After months of barely getting by, Adran managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Warryn is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Warryn hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated, Justice. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Jasper (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'10" western woman, she wears brown trousers with pastel and blue striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in the west. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Mardred took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up morningstar and armor she uses now. She bought a morningstar and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and many giants want her driven away

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'2". She typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair is short and red. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: She got into the Sailor business at a young age. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Oppah and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to be a banker again

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: An older man who wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Kyle has worked very hard to control his curse. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Servant and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 40 gp.