Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. Her blue hair is long and unkept. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Astaro was born the youngest of three triplets. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 11000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp).

Description: He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he has a crush on the local ploughman

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and he perpetually has his axe ready. He sports a flattop hair cut. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: John was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Terse. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and black handkerchief worn on his right side. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Merchant. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Merchant.

Motivation: To be a Tanner again.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 cp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing a long, black cloak, and is pretty ugly. Her brass crest, when down, is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 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 loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Portia hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Apothecary. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Apothecary for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp. Star ruby (1300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Malachite (13 gp). White opal (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has red hair. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 left for the east, certain she would find work there.

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

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp.