Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has wavy golden hair. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Avice was born with her mother's beautiful face. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record, Has a crush, Attractive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2800 sp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Ermina enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Ermina was born with her father's beautiful face. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To protect her home; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Shoemaker

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

Possessions: 7000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, tan shirt, and black tie. He has blue hair. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. After a long history of fighting, Iados and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 5000 sp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She wears baggy red pantaloons and a green scarf. She has a hunchback. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Shepherd they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Butcher, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 pp. Malachite (7 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. She is physically well-built. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Melissa's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Melissa grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. She wears her black hair down. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Guard profession.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She carries with her a set of tridents, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She keeps her long blue crest kept up in a rat tail. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Gesrethe alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 200 gp.