Description: This woman is very fat, and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears her auburn hair up. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are green.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Rurik liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Rurik never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, In love, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 sp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her lance with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born in the north to a Shoemaker, Oriel learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 3100 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Amber (160 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

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. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1 Silk rope.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She very much looks the part of a Mercenary. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Mercenary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mercenary work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mercenary for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down, and is pretty ugly. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a great chef.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tanner.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new tanner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2000 cp. A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp).