Description: An older woman who wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, she is not a threatening figure. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Five grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Five abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has achieved small success as a Map Maker.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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 was born in the north. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Sard (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. With wild chestnut hair. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a Map Maker soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. Zircon (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is typically in her Spice Merchant uniform. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Giselle hails from a village terrorized by drow. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. She's also a talented Shipwright, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and carries longbows. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed tan hat.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and brown handkerchief worn on her right side. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: The child of a Barrister, who enjoyed hunting, Lorilla was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is physically well-built. Her red fur is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are copper.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Shifting never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record, Debt, In love. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 70 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. Her black crest has been sun bleached extensively. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She got into the Courier business at a young age. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to be a bounty hunter again

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.