Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She sports a flattop hair cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2100 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has shaved his head bald. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student he started as a Barkeep, but he got bored and became a Map Maker. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 40 gp. Tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears long strands of emerald and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has a hunchback. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Tanner arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Namfoodle wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Good lock.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Lazy, Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a hunchback. His head has been shaved. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Nuraval is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has achieved small success as a Layabout.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1100 sp. Iolite (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Red garnet (100 gp).

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is golden and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Ûshgol was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Detective. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Ûshgol never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Job, In love, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. His hair is brown and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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 is a great chef.

History: Travok was born the youngest of three triplets. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to be a dilettante again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 sp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp).