Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears bulky red painted plate armor. She has slicked back white hair. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. 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 Actor. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Expand her business; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. His white hair is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a great chef.

History: Oriax was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 240 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 3'1" and wears a red cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. A true patriot, Dell would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When Dell reached her early adolescence her Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has wavy green crest. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Shamash hails from a village terrorized by drow. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Shamash has worked very hard to control his curse. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many drow want him driven away

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born into a rich family. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 260 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).