Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, marred by sweets. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 240 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His blue crest is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His brown hair is cut short. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has worked as a Merchant like his father before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears grey trousers with brown and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts and is in decent physical shape. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter 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: Baern lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 370 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: She has a missing right arm. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A freak accident while working with her Slave Trader mother left her crippled. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, green shirt, and brown tie. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: She hates goblins. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. The war was a terrible time for her, and Pyxrin does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 50 gp.