Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his golden hair up. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Hagren lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Scribe they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Barber, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 120 gp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His beige fur has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A 5'2" western woman, she wears a blue shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and brown pants. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small blue clips. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting giants, the young Phann began to lead the lost caravan. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He has shaved his head bald. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Layabout. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Gerbo was born with his mother's beautiful face. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears a colorful flower in her scarlet crest. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 150 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has no hair. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is renowned for her bright green dresses and hats. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her ears are large.

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. Ishte 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: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She became a Jeweler soon after.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 220 gp. Golden pearl (90 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: He wears a simple black robe with red stripes complete with hood, and he perpetually has his glaive ready. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Crown-heir who has hired him part-time. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Imsh 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 Imsh. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.