Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She has moderate length chestnut hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears a simple red robe with violet stripes complete with hood. He has a hunchback. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his small red hat.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Fulbar was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Glassblower. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is cut close to his head. His fierce silver eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Barakas was born with his mother's beautiful face. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Einkil will drive conversation. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Einkil was born with his mother's beautiful face. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His scarlet crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Rivaan abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2700 sp. 2 Holy water. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: Standing 4'10", this woman wears bulky tan painted plate armor. Her chestnut hair is well kept. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Shava embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Shava reached her early adolescence her Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She struck the Cook job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 80 pp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: He is in excellent shape and usually wears his black robe and has his hand crossbow always slung over his shoulder. His crest is gold and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 3000 cp. Onyx (80 gp).