Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sai with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is blonde and very short. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Mary is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Detective but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Detective arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Selfish, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Oriff was born with her mother's beautiful face. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Coral (60 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is light but she possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a very tight haircut. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Apothecary but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. 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 Apothecary. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence, Pacifist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 gp.