Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. He wears his brown hair up. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Amethyst (100 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Courier profession.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Herbalist.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Herbalist responsibilities is difficult; and to be a courier again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many goblins want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a grey coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. With bright white hair. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Emmeline grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Emmeline. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 80 gp. Malachite (13 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: 3'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears bulky tan painted plate armor. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Agatha enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Silver pearl (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears just a brown suit. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears a colorful flower in her yellow fur. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Serpent is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Priest and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a longbow on her belt. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.