Description: She typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. She carries with her a set of spears, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Helja hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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 has passion for adventuring and risk; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a tan costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. She found a children's book about a Elf Aristocrat who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Logical, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: She wears a grey collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a pastel scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her white hair is cut short. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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 wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She bought a shortbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. Chrysoprase (70 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a red vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his red boots flare out at the collars. His brown hair is long and unkept. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Chay was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Through the years after Gaaki was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Gaaki's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gaaki fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 sp.