Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is chestnut and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Courier business.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shepherd for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp).

Description: She wears a fancy grey dress. She is physically well-built. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Avelina was born the youngest of three triplets. She found a children's book about a Human Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 8000 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Coral (140 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Jet (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Amber (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Soapmaker. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 900 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. Her hair is golden and curly. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has worked as a Crown-heir like her father before her.

Motivation: She is content; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 6000 gp. White opal (1300 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She prefers to wear flannel, marred by beers. She wears her golden hair down. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a Architect first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Morana was born the youngest of three triplets. A gifted student she started as a Bowyer, but she got bored and became a Architect. She tends to her Architect job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a architect and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bricklayer business.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bricklayer. He's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Jet (60 gp). Blue diamond (8000 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.