Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Many goblins want her driven away; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He prefers to wear flannel. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His ears are large.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Broce was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Merchant. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 pp. Jet (120 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Blue-white diamond (4000 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Malachite (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with violet slacks. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Heather embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Heather lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Laborer for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She stands about 6'0" and wears a brown collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver ewer (10 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp).

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. The war was a terrible time for her, and Cumpen does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born in a small desert village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 8000 gp. Moss agate (4 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with violet slacks. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Millicent was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Peridot (80 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a worn and beaten armor. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 pp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp).