Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Frug was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Spy like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 900 pp. Carnelian (60 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Jet (60 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Ella was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 4000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is long and black with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 Crown-heir. He's also a talented Cook, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (5 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Coral (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is light but she possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. She is wearing a long, white cloak. With bright silver hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: Born in the west to a Unemployed, Ekk learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Unemployed and was forced into it by her family; and to be a map maker again

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'1" when asserting herself. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Dariff was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 500 pp. White opal (600 gp). Coral (140 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Jet (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Rûkdûg wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 gp. Amber (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Blue diamond (6000 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, yellow shirt, and violet tie. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Gilkass was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and to protect her home

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1100 pp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Jet (50 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). White opal (1100 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.