Description: This dark-skinned female wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her brown hair is wavy and long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. After coming to the age of reason, Whurdred took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he tends to wear a large black jacket. He wears his bronze crest up. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Zedaar grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Zedaar. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 sp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her silver hair is long and unkept. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Eleanor was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Eleanor decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Mercenary kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Heward has worked very hard to control his curse. After a long history of fighting, Heward and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Jade (80 gp).