Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She wears a fancy black dress. Her brown hair is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: Lerissa speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp. Tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Liftrasa hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She worked as a nervous Cartwright and found it very stressful. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born in the north. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and green handkerchief worn on his left side. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has moderate length silver hair. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. 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-sister.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His first spouse was a Beggar, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Disease, Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 28000 cp. Citrine (20 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy black suit. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She wears a red tunic with green highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Anne took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up lance and armor she uses now. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a dyer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2000 sp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.