Description: She dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hand crossbows and longswords. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

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 constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Veloptima was born the youngest of three triplets. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Armorer for the past few years.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. 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. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Kipper is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. In his 20th 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 14000 sp.

Description: This woman is wearing a long, blue cloak, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A freak accident while working with her Mortician mother left her crippled. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Revenge; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1600 gp. Banded agate (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has white hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born in the north. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'10" southern woman, she wears bulky white painted plate armor. Her white hair is wavy and long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Layabout.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Sensitive, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp).