Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. She is portly but not overly obese. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Shipwright profession.

History: Ella was born with her father's beautiful face. 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 Dyer. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Flaws: Insane, Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). 4 Alchemist’s fire. 2 Holy water.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears skinny pants and wears a red and white robe with the hood down. His head has been shaved. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His childhood dream was to be a Bowyer, but he was a colossal failure. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brass crest. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a hunchback. His brass crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Norkruuth was born the youngest of three triplets. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Being a Animal Trainer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 130 pp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sickle, but if one is not available she will default to her ceremonial dagger. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 20 pp.