Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and blue handkerchief worn on her left side. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her head has been shaved. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He wears a violet tunic with blue highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She has no hair. Her eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His tied-back hair is black. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Fletcher. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born into a rich family. Fibblestib was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Fibblestib decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. 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'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp.