Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her blue crest is knotted and matted. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Spice Merchant business.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 15000 cp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is short and silver. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Thamuz hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears white trousers with brown and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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 since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Expand his business; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Carpenter born in the past three hundred years. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She is a Maurezhi in disguise. Her childhood dream was to be a Bricklayer, but she was a colossal failure. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he dresses like a well dressed Actor does. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Actor born in the past three hundred years. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Arumawann was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He struck the Actor job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt and is in decent physical shape. His tied-back hair is black. His eyes are likewise hazel.

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 is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Silk rope. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her long cinnamon fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. A true patriot, Shifting would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 210 gp. Golden pearl (100 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. Her black crest has been sun bleached extensively. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She got into the Courier business at a young age. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to be a bounty hunter again

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.