Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is white and curly. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Jacoba was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Jacoba's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'11" and wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She got into the Locksmith business at a young age. After coming to the age of reason, Nalaed took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To protect her home; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She stands about 4'8" and prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Merchant who has hired her part-time. 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: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 60 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longswords and swords. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Beiro's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Merihim was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sage for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Mortician again; and balancing his hectic life and new sage responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in the north to a Map Maker, Wrenn learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Map Maker. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Map Maker responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: Naivara hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her tied-back hair is silver. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Andraste hails from a village terrorized by brigands. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears brown trousers with blue and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her yellow fur is unkempt and raggedy. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: Born to a Body Guard, her mother struggled to pay the bills. River was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Actor. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).