Description: This woman wears long strands of emerald and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 11000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). White opal (1000 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 10000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her hair is short and black. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). White opal (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'5". She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and her gloved hand is found clutching a sword. Her black crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Courier born in the past three hundred years. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Thava lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Courier work with an outfit from a few towns over. Courier work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and balancing her hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 8000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears bulky green painted plate armor. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. The war was a terrible time for him, and Mreksh does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mreksh studied abroad. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 8000 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Jade (140 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Aquamarine (500 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.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: Ovak lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Coral (40 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Hematite (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Dimble hails from a village terrorized by giants. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Pacifist, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp).