Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Baker. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Baker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Good lock. 1 Crowbar. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 2'10" when asserting himself. His brown hair is braided into rings. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of greatswords, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has no hair. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. Gûnd enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'4" eastern woman, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sellsword. 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: Sabotage a competitor; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 24000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. Her red crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

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 gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.