Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a black coat with blue slacks. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Nissa abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Kabbarg was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a white Stetson hat and white clothes. He carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished scimitar as well. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. He has hazel eyes and a white hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Ogthrak hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To be a Courier again; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Emerald (800 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brass crest. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has a hunchback. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Adventurer born in the past three hundred years. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the east to a Adventurer, Pyxrin learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Blue-white diamond (3000 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp).

Description: He likes to wear tan tank tops with blue pants. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Thamior hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. At a young age his mother died while driving off some brigands. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in bow use. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: 700 pp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. When Balimaar reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 pp. Azurite (8 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Jade (100 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Sard (20 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.