Description: 4'9" and muscular, this western woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She is a Architect first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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: She got into the Architect business at a young age. Her childhood dream was to be a Scribe, but she was a colossal failure. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 11000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (8000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Nija's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born in the south. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 pp. Golden pearl (130 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Coral (130 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears bulky tan painted plate armor. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 18. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 pp. Moss agate (16 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Canary diamond (8000 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his broad grey hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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 Sellsword. He struck the Sellsword job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new sellsword responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aldous fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp).

Description: An older man who is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, he is not a threatening figure. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Varis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He found a children's book about a Elf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Coral (70 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Coral (70 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Moonstone (20 gp).

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a tan vest and prefers grey and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her hair is golden and very short. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: Xanaphia hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. While she appears to be a normal Elf, 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp).