Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull violet iron scale mail. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Beatrice lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 10 pp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Coral (110 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is long and black with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and to be a layabout again

Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 40000 cp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Red garnet (80 gp).

Description: A 4'8" eastern woman, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Emmeline liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the left. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.