Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She refers to her adoptive father 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is portly but not overly obese. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He found a children's book about a Elf Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and many drow want him driven away

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 70 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears just a black suit. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She's also a talented Banker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and balancing her hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Malachite (15 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears professional attire. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is short and chestnut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a Painter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Nalaed was born with her mother's beautiful face. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She's also a talented Beggar, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 110 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a fancy pastel suit. He has moderate length lavender fur. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Smoking was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Smoking decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears just a black suit. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her quarterstaff, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. Her brown fur is knotted and matted. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Harvest grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Harvest was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1700 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.