Description: She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bastard swords and scythes. Her auburn hair is cut short. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She wears a blue tunic with grey highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. She carries a battered falchion and tarnished axe as well. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull tan iron scale mail. With wild blonde hair. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She is a Blacksmith first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born into a rich family. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, brown shirt, and pastel tie. She has slicked back black hair. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Dilettante. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Dilettante for the past few years.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. Sporting a brown mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. 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 singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Through the years after Murook was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Murook's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and to be a navigator again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a simple tan robe with green stripes complete with hood, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. The war was a terrible time for him, and Gimble does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her left hand. She has slicked back red hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her black hair is well kept. She is baby faced.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Alice isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Alice was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Alice decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Miller kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 150 gp.