Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her tied-back hair is white. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born in the east to a Body Guard, Katherine learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Body Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Body Guard work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Tailor they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Body Guard, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, and carries sickles. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His crest is short and white. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'8". He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and his gloved hand is found clutching a club. His black crest is greasy and uncared for. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Shamash is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She very much looks the part of a Detective. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. 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 gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 190 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Azurite (12 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her black hair is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Barbena 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: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and expand her business

Bonds: Family, Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.