Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is blonde and curly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Elysande hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. One day when Elysande was young, her mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly her mother dropped to the ground dead. Her mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Elysande was heart-stricken from the event, and her father started working long hours to provde for them. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Painter and was forced into it by her family; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it, marred by teas. Her red hair is well kept. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a deep hatred of giants

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red spinel (150 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. Her black hair is singed and shortened. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic, Fearful. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears long strands of ruby and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She keeps her beige fur in a flapper bob. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A 4'4" northern man, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. He has chestnut hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dalgal grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A freak accident while working with his Stableman mother left him crippled. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Cockaby 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. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.