Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. She sports brown long hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is a Shoemaker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Susannah was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 9000 cp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is silver and curly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Bricklayer 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. A true patriot, Arannis would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and violet handkerchief worn on his right side. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Miner, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and doesn't want to be a miner and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Immeral was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Gardener. He's also a talented Actor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears a colorful flower in his blue hair. His skin is flawless and his silver eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Merihim and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1600 gp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Jade (150 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. 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. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Eastern European accent

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