Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, and is pretty ugly. She has no hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Ahlyssa hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a spy and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a hunchback. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. In his 18th 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Human compassion; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe, marred by teas. He has wavy black hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Gunter hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Roofer father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a black feathered hat and black clothes. He wears his golden hair up. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Through the years after Adelard was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Adelard's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Mundane. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp.