Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a white shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She wears her auburn hair down. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Philomena lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: An older woman who has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe, she is not a threatening figure. She has dyed her greying rusty crest a little too much giving a sharp rusty color. She has red eyes.

Personality: She hates Dragonborns with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aasathra grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Aasathra. Being a Apothecary 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: She is content.

Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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. He has achieved small success as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: To be a Painter again; and balancing his hectic life and new blacksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 800 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp).

Description: This woman dresses like a well dressed Cook does. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Abalaba isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She struck the Cook job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. He has gold eyes and a green hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Through the years after Astar was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Astar's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 600 gp.