Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Fletcher profession.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Lucan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His first spouse was a Fletcher, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'2", this woman wears bulky tan painted plate armor. Her hair is short and silver. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Forcas and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 pp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Amber (140 gp). Sard (80 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Jade (140 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Jade (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Amber (140 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears baggy brown pantaloons and a blue scarf. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 52. 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. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Rose (60 gp). Coral (90 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). White pearl (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She is portly but not overly obese. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Vorka enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rose (20 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Rose (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Jet (90 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). White opal (600 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Sard (20 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Jet (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'0" eastern woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She uses divination through singing.

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 was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To be a Tailor again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Family, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 24000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He keeps his black crest in a flapper bob. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nadarr will drive conversation. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nadarr was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 700 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). 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.