Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. She has a hunchback. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. 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: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. While she appears to be a normal Human, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 7000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Azurite (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is typically in her Stableman uniform. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She became a Stableman soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Moss agate (14 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Jet (100 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Coral (100 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Pink diamond (6000 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Pink diamond (6000 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 4'4" and muscular, this northern man typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Eberk was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 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 (10 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp).

Description: A 6'4" eastern man, he is wearing a long, black cloak. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Fletcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 5000 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. His hair is chestnut and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When Godfrey reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Coral (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Amber (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Obsidian (15 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. Her fur, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Right-Handed was born with her mother's beautiful face. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Extrovert. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 5000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.