Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is brown and very short. Her eyes are likewise white. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Mastema speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2000 pp. Jasper (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Sard (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. His brass crest is singed and shortened. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a trident on her belt. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born in the west. A gifted student he started as a Cook, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Jade (150 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and black handkerchief worn on his left side. He carries with him a set of daggers, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. To his fellows he 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: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting brigands, the young Bertram began to lead the lost caravan. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Bertram was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rose (70 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Jet (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 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.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a brown shirt, with a pastel mid length skirt with pastel tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She uses divination through singing.

History: She got into the Layabout business at a young age. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 900 pp. A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, blue shirt, and yellow tie. He has brown fur. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Shivering was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Shivering's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2000 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.