Description: This late middle aged woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. She has moderate length black hair. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She takes great joy in being the best Beggar in town.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Citrine (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Coral (160 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp).

Description: This man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His chestnut hair is still thick. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Barfa took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'3" when asserting himself. His orange fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are copper and beady.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Lone was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Locksmith 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.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a longbow on her belt. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her childhood dream was to be a Shepherd, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her red fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A freak accident while working with her Scribe mother left her crippled. 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 compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Coral (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is typically in her Tanner uniform. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and balancing her hectic life and new tanner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 170 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He worked as a nervous Fisher and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Fisher for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Black opal (900 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp).