Description: This woman wears bulky brown painted plate armor, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Dagger was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many gnolls want her driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp).

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ekk studied abroad. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 500 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. He has bronze crest. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. A true patriot, Nadarr would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the south to a Painter, Nadarr learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Stableman business.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Moss agate (9 gp). Peridot (60 gp).

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead 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. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He worked as a nervous Mercenary and found it very stressful. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To be a Baker again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp).

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has a very tight haircut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Urshar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a yellow tunic with grey highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Chad embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.