Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her white hair is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mastema grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Mastema. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and carries axes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 160 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp).

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light yellow in addition to tight pants. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her falchion, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She stands about 3'3" and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her red hair is cut short. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A gifted student she started as a Bookbinder, but she got bored and became a Bather. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Disciplined, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: This man is wearing a long, blue cloak. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Rael abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has worked as a Courier like his mother before him.

Motivation: Revenge; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold music box (4000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She sports white long hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Marshal hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).