Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has moderate length white hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. 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 child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: An older woman who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it, she is not a threatening figure. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Lazy, Depressed. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, tan shirt, and blue tie. He has a hunchback. He has a very tight haircut. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. 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: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He's also a talented Locksmith, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 150 gp. Tourmaline (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman is very fat, and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born into a rich family. Kallista abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His blue crest is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are likewise black. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Shax 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. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She became a Gardener soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born in the north. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Beggar responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She carries with her a set of longbows on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She sports red long hair. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Virra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 30 gp.