Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'2" and is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Avice was taken on many hunting expeditions. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Percival was born the youngest of three triplets. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 700 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a blue small hat and blue clothes. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her small blue hat.

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 has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is auburn and curly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Nicholas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently the stress of being a Engraver has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to be a stylist again

Flaws: Fearful, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp).