Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He usually wears his white robe and has his axe always slung over his shoulder. His hair is black and curly. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a great chef.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature flail.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His chestnut hair is cut short. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Greedy, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and she perpetually has her hammer ready. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. She is baby faced.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Assassin arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 800 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a whip on her belt. She has a hunchback. Her golden hair is cut short. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born in the east. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 250 gp.