Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. He carries a battered dagger and tarnished scimitar as well. His brown hair is long and unkept. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Arannis isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bellfounder arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1800 gp. Pink pearl (70 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: A 3'6" western woman, she wears a simple blue robe with tan stripes complete with hood. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Painter profession.

History: She got into the Baker business at a young age. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Priest does. He is portly but not overly obese. His tied-back hair is brown. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the west to a Body Guard, Gubrash learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Gubrash never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Passionate, Optimist. Bonds: Job, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 900 gp. Amber (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Sard (70 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise black.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. A true patriot, Damaia would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 3000 sp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She tends to wear a large brown jacket. She has white fur. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She is a Shipwright first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. Being a Shipwright kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 150 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she tends to wear a large blue jacket. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Servant for the past few years.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 160 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp).