Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has white hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Siffress 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 Siffress. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 600 gp. Eye agate (6 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His crest is green and very short. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born to a Bowyer, his father struggled to pay the bills. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Mreksh's homeland. Mreksh decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mreksh fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'6", this woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Yvonne was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Mentor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 220 pp. Iolite (60 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Coral (40 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His brown hair is long and unkept. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tiefling in existence. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 19th 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 made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. White pearl (160 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Jet (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the left. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Nella was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nella decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Coral (70 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Jet (70 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His ears are large.

Personality: Tharivol wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Tharivol and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 12000 cp.