Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She takes great joy in being the best Sellsword in town.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sellsword. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'9" and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His red hair is lengthy. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 sp. Carnelian (20 gp). 8 Acid flasks. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'6". She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shield. She has wavy white hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She's also a talented Bookbinder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with red slacks. She sports silver long hair. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tattered old clothes. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He has moderate length blonde hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears professional attire. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Rieta was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Rieta never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1300 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).