Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Avice was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This northern woman has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She is a Jackalwere in disguise. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Manea has worked very hard to control her curse. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by a spirit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 700 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp).

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She carries with her a set of daggers on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. 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: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Farmer. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Vorka lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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 doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 sp.