Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Coral (130 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Rose (60 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). White opal (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this northern woman is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She has no fur. Her yellow eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in the north to a Courier, Left-Handed learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. She has a very tight haircut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Cumpen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

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. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Architect. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 pp. Azurite (10 gp). Rose (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who dresses like a well dressed Performer does. Her red hair is still thick. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Meena was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Logical, Justice. Bonds: Job, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Jade (120 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to protect her home

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 10000 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 5'0". She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat, and her gloved hand is found clutching a greatsword. Her dark red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ronwe was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against giants

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: Galiena lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Tanner and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1 Medium magic item.