Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Mastema 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. Mastema 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. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 cp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).

Description: This northern man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bricklayer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Torz grew up listening to his mother's many stories. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bricklayer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Jade (120 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Holy water.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She takes great joy in being the best Servant in town.

History: Born in the west to a Servant, Jasmine learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 gp.