Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. Her hair is white and curly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. 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: Money/treasure; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Beggar born in the past three hundred years. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'1" western woman, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student she started as a Junk Dealer, but she got bored and became a Guard. She has achieved small success as a Guard.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 140 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Red spinel (90 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is an epitome of beauty. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Don was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A gifted student he started as a Barkeep, but he got bored and became a Gardener. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears silk and lounges about seductively, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He refers to his adoptive mother 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: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 pp. Jade (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Hematite (10 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a yellow tunic with tan highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is well kept. She is baby faced.

Personality: Heather is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Emerald (400 gp).

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, blue shirt, and tan tie. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Tailor. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He worked as a nervous Tailor and found it very stressful. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to be a guard again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp.