Description: She wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her broad tan hat.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Nyx and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 20000 sp. Deep green spinel (90 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears just a tan suit, and is pretty ugly. Her auburn hair is cut short. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Gardener. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Gardener.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Gunnloda is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gunnloda studied abroad. 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. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and carries halberds. His tied-back hair is black. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He uses divination through singing.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His childhood dream was to be a Bellfounder, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp. 3 Antitoxin. 4 Acid flasks.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a grey scarf. With wild silver hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: She was born at the edge of vast desert. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. Her hair is white and very short. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Veloptima was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.