Description: He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His red crest is matted, messy, and big. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

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. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Fax has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She keeps her red crest in a pixie cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Blendaeth grew up listening to her father's many stories. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She tends to her Bookbinder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Debt, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is physically well-built. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 700 gp. Fire opal (1600 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Zircon (40 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is black and very short. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Brewer

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

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. She sports chestnut long hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a Mortician first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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 served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Slave Trader, and she perpetually has her kukri ready. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She uses divination through singing.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Bune was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bune fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.