Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is typically in his Butcher uniform. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 97. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 15th 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. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again.

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2200 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a brown shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and pastel pants. She has wavy black hair. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Torbera enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Torbera was born with her father's beautiful face. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. After a long history of fighting, Torbera and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'5", this woman wears a green armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. Her crest, while still mostly rusty, has prominent grey streaks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Jaxi was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She saw the violence of war and the aftermath so she converted to religion and dedicated herself to non-violence.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. She has a very tight haircut. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Portia is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Portia was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she is wearing a long, grey cloak. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Susannah is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Actor. She tends to her Actor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 sp. Golden pearl (120 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a club on her belt. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Thea is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Thea reached her early adolescence her Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. 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. Thea fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has wavy blonde hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She takes great joy in being the best Actor in town.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Actor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Actor work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).