Description: This tall, slender woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Cook arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, In love, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'0" and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. After months of barely getting by, Grom managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30000 sp. Malachite (14 gp). 1 Good lock. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She carries with her a set of spears on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. She has wavy red hair. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears his brown hair down. His black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 140 pp. Obsidian (5 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp).