Description: She stands about 5'5" and wears a blue vest and prefers white and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her white hair is lengthy. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Fortune-teller, her mother struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 20 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a simple black robe with green stripes complete with hood. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Sutha was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Sutha was born on a far western desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Adventurer. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a grey coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Liftrasa was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect her home

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 320 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a violet shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and black pants. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature dagger.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1300 sp. Hematite (7 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a black coat with blue slacks. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hatae grew up listening to her father's many stories. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Barber for the past few years.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: She wears tan trousers with green and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in the north to a Masseuse, Shamil learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She became a Masseuse soon after.

Motivation: Human compassion; and money/treasure

Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears brown trousers with tan and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His long lavender fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise yellow. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by lycanthropy.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is physically well-built. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her head has been shaved. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Myathethil isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.