Description: She has a missing left leg. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Oriel hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. Oriel enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 sp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His hair is red and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: Standing 6'8", this woman wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her blue crest is unkempt and raggedy. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Actor profession.

History: She was born in a small forest village. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. After a long history of fighting, Gesrethe and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new bounty hunter responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 600 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a simple black robe with brown stripes complete with hood. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Guard arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a blue coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head, and is pretty ugly. He has moderate length silver hair. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aramil studied abroad. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ploughman.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.