Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Theren was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 170 pp. Eye agate (4 gp). White pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was taken from her home at a very young age. Being a Sellsword 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 has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her green crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Chassath grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She found a children's book about a Dragonborn Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather, and she perpetually has her quarterstaff ready. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker black hat.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Criella was born the youngest of three triplets. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and doesn't want to be a knight and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, white shirt, and blue tie. He has no hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mortician. He tends to his Mortician job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Military, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Spice Merchant. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is typically in her Armorer uniform. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length blue hair. Her skin is flawless and her black eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Hecat was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Being a Armorer 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: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.