Description: This slender woman stands about 5'11". She wears a pastel costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She sports a flattop fur cut. She has a dull look in her yellow eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Pelt was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Healer, but she got bored and became a Crown-heir. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1500 gp. Deep green spinel (100 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She refers to her adoptive mother 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: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her first spouse was a Shoemaker, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'11" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. Her white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is a great chef.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: She sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She carries a battered greataxe and tarnished hand crossbow as well. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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 raised in a plains tribe. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. 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: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. Her auburn hair is still thick. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Gifted from a young age, Veloptima studied abroad. Her parents enrolled her in a Warrior school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears tattered old clothes. She keeps her beige fur in a flapper bob. Her eyes are likewise copper. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Being a Assassin kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp).