Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. 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 wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older woman who wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a longbow on her belt, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a Cook first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Cook arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Cook work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cook work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 9000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her fur is short and yellow. Her fierce yellow eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Skirt was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cook.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'8" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Kellen was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Kellen decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Fletcher 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 feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A 5'1" southern man, he wears a black costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Bather, but he was a colossal failure. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Baker for hire.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tan small hat and tan clothes. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Seebo embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Seebo was born the youngest of three triplets. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Seebo has worked very hard to control his curse. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 48000 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'2" and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Peren was born the youngest of three triplets. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To be a Fortune-teller again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2200 sp. Moss agate (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp).