Description: She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her auburn hair is lengthy. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Kathra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kathra grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Kathra. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 30 pp. Rose (30 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He wears his auburn hair up. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He tends to his Engraver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Star ruby (1200 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). White opal (1200 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Human culture. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a Ploughman, her father struggled to pay the bills. 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 has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp. Amethyst (100 gp). Zircon (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears an entirely blue suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Orla was born the youngest of three triplets. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available she will default to her pickaxe and is in decent physical shape. Her black hair is well kept. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Military, Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Just what you see.