Description: This woman is wearing a long, blue cloak. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. She has auburn hair. She has gray eyes and a blue hat with a violet feather.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Eva was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a adventurer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a fancy blue suit. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Courier. 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 14000 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Heward studied abroad. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Passionate, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With wild chestnut hair. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 pp. Banded agate (12 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Blue diamond (8000 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Healer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jade (160 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Coral (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. Her cinnamon fur is braided into rings. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ethereal embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ethereal was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Bowyer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bowyer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She's also a talented Layabout, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red spinel (100 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Sard (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). White opal (600 gp). Amber (100 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.