Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has moderate length black hair. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Courier arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Being a Courier 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 a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Chrysoprase (20 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Amber (80 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears baggy white pantaloons and a brown scarf. He has no hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Ratlûg enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ratlûg studied abroad. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black star sapphire (600 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a simple black robe with blue stripes complete with hood. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. Her fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Makaria hails from a village terrorized by giants. After coming to the age of reason, Makaria took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a Ruler, his father struggled to pay the bills. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 cp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and grey pants. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Standing 6'1", this woman is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her black crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

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. Tatyan is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Tatyan was born the youngest of three triplets. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Animal Trainer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Sage, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and many goblins want her driven away

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Emerald (900 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Harbek will drive conversation. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Slave Trader hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2000 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.