Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is brown and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Carpenter kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats, and is pretty ugly. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Valida is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her first spouse was a Carpenter, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by a spirit.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 16th 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Courier father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect her home

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a glaive on his belt. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Amnon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.