Description: This dark-skinned male wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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, Eberdeb is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has no hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Jane was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 20 gp. Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: This woman tends to wear a large white jacket. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to be a performer again

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp).

Description: This woman wears a simple red robe with white stripes complete with hood. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Flaws: Addict, Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull grey iron scale mail. She has shaved her head bald. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the north to a Body Guard, Tomph learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Performer, but she got bored and became a Body Guard. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His crest is blue, silky, and of moderate length. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. 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; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'6". He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He keeps his lavender fur in a flapper bob. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. 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 left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a green cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. Her dark red hair is unkempt and raggedy. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.