Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and is pretty ugly. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He has green eyes.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a tan collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His chestnut hair is cut short. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is an amazing painter.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Mardnab was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 sp. Moss agate (7 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shag studied abroad. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Courier, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1800 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Hadwisa was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents were killed by orcs in a raid when she was still a young child. The orcs captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 cp. Coral (110 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Pearl is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She got into the Hunter business at a young age. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Depressed, Insane, Racist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2200 gp. Red garnet (150 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp).