Description: This tall, slender woman is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and green handkerchief worn on her left side. She has moderate length black fur. Her yellow eyes peer out from beneath her broad pastel hat.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aura grew up listening to her father's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 13000 gp. Aquamarine (800 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Jet (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears long strands of emerald and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and halberds. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She carries a battered sai and tarnished mace as well. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born into a rich family. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Yvonne fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman very much looks the part of a Barrister and is in decent physical shape. Her crest is short and brass. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She bought a kukri and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 15000 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a dagger, but if one is not available he will default to his mace. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a large red jacket. He is portly but not overly obese. His tied-back hair is brown. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Faran is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

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

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.