Description: She wears a brown shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Gifted from a young age, Barbena studied abroad. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to protect her home

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 90 pp. Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp).

Description: 5'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aelar grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He worked as a nervous Navigator and found it very stressful. He's also a talented Fisher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Fisher again; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length dark red hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the north to a Sage, Vapula learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Vapula was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her silver crest is long and unkept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His fur is black, silky, and of moderate length. His yellow eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Quick was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Cartwright, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Cartwright they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Fisher, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His rusty crest is matted, messy, and big. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Greethen was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents were killed by brigands in a raid when he was still a young child. The brigands captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 700 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He 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. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars and is in decent physical shape. His hair is blonde and curly. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Rose (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears an entirely green suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her blue hair, when down, is lengthy. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Unemployed but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and expand her business

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 110 pp.