Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears a simple white robe with grey stripes complete with hood, marred by chocolates. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Nature, Debt. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Moonstone (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Rose (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Blue-white diamond (8000 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and carries ceremonial daggers. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green eyes peer out from beneath his broad tan hat.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Eiravel was born with his father's beautiful face. His first spouse was a Interpreter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He struck the Ruler job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'5". She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 7000 gp. Black opal (400 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Rose (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Jet (130 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 3'0" western man, he tends to wear a large red jacket. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Courier. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Nature, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 16000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (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 (30 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 (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His clothes are grease stained in places. He sports a flattop crest cut. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 10000 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Sard (50 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She carries a battered scimitar and tarnished mace as well. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 800 pp. Sard (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Jade (150 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Jet (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Jet (150 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp).

Description: This northern man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull black iron scale mail. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is silver and very short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Barendd was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 5000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp).