Description: This woman is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her purple hair is knotted and matted. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: Shax is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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 son.

History: Shax was born the youngest of three triplets. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shax fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 340 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: A 3'2" southern man, he tends to wear a large red jacket. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is a Bounty Hunter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Tod hails from a village terrorized by goblins. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a black armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Mugrunden was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has worked as a Scribe like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp).

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Engraver does. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her rusty crest is long and unkept. Her ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Engraver. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. A gifted student she started as a Seamstress, but she got bored and became a Engraver. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He prefers to wear flannel. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nicholas 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 Nicholas. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 150 gp.