Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his 14th 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. Being a Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and a strong sense of loyalty to tiefling people

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 220 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her pastel robe. Her red crest is thinning but still full. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: The child of a Shipwright, who enjoyed hunting, Saphara was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student she started as a Shipwright, but she got bored and became a Locksmith. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a green shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Body Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Jacinth (4000 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a whip on her belt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'0" when asserting herself. Her cinnamon fur is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Quick fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 170 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. She has no fur. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Shivering was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her fur is orange and very short. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Locksmith profession.

History: Born to a Locksmith, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her childhood dream was to be a Locksmith, but she was a colossal failure. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a locksmith again

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1100 gp. Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.