Description: This woman is very fat, and tends to wear a large black jacket. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length purple hair. Her silver eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is a great chef.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp. Moss agate (10 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Xappan studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She very much looks the part of a Bookbinder. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Gale was born the youngest of three triplets. A freak accident while working with her Slave Trader father left her crippled. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1400 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a brown coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His hair is red and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears tattered old clothes. Her copper crest is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. The war was a terrible time for her, and Arava does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 36000 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.