Description: She is a mite stocky and has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. She has styled her blonde hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When Althaea 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 has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she has a crush on the local mason

Flaws: Secretive, Hedonist. Bonds: Military, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he prefers to wear flannel. His white crest is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Courier who has hired him part-time. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Azzakh was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Fletcher. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: A 3'5" western man, he wears a tan collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. 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 is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp).

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. She has dyed her greying lavender fur a little too much giving a sharp lavender color. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is portly but not overly obese. He has black crest. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Bidreked is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His first spouse was a Crown-heir, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a falchion on her belt. She has moderate length cinnamon fur. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Three embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Three was born on a far southern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Locksmith. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Silver pearl (60 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 sp. Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a blue vest and prefers brown and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Drusilia is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born in a small desert village. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 cp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His white fur is knotted and matted. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He worked as a nervous Soapmaker and found it very stressful. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 80 gp.