Description: This tall, slender woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. She has white hair. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Nyx wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Monk, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She uses divination through singing.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She stands about 4'10" and dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her white fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Pelt was born with her mother's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1300 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has silver hair. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. After a long history of fighting, Naeris and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 sp. Jade (120 gp). Hematite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length white hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature halberd.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 210 pp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her copper crest is long and unkept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her childhood dream was to be a Barrister, but she was a colossal failure. She has achieved small success as a Sculptor.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: 6'9" and muscular, this northern man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He got into the Spy business at a young age. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the north were limited. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 22000 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Jade (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Jet (40 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Amber (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Coral (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.