Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears just a yellow suit, and is pretty ugly. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 sp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Hematite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'3" when asserting herself. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: Avelina lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. One day when Avelina was young, her mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly her mother dropped to the ground dead. Her mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Avelina was heart-stricken from the event, and her father started working long hours to provde for them. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 2'11" and dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with tan slacks. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Rose (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'10". He wears a yellow coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the east to a Sellsword, Theriatis learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and balancing his hectic life and new sellsword responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 sp.