Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortspears and rapiers. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 sp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She stands about 4'7" and wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has moderate length golden hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Elama fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are red.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Vepar was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with grey slacks. He is portly but not overly obese. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Marshal responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Military, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a brown wide-brimmed hat and brown clothes. Her fur is lavender and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She got into the Sculptor business at a young age. Her childhood dream was to be a Map Maker, but she was a colossal failure. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and balancing her hectic life and new sculptor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Server, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the left. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Server

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He stands about 3'5" and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a club and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 800 sp. Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: This woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has no hair. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She got into the Merchant business at a young age. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has worked as a Merchant like her mother before her.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 160 gp. Pink pearl (110 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He is physically well-built. He keeps his long purple hair kept up in a rat tail. His half smiles and white eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Banded mail.