Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and white handkerchief worn on her right side. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Ilde hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate, Joker, Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 pp. Eye agate (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears a simple grey robe with green stripes complete with hood. She has no hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born in the north to a Layabout, Emma learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Layabout for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a Servant, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 sp. Coral (100 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His childhood dream was to be a Apothecary, but he was a colossal failure. He became a Bellfounder soon after.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: A 3'0" southern woman, she sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Nedda is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'9" and is dressed in an above average manner. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has wavy golden hair. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a Architect, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 17000 cp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a violet tunic with brown highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. She wears her chestnut hair down. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 pp. Jet (120 gp). Onyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.