Description: He wears professional attire. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his whip, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His hair is brown and very short. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born in the north to a Butcher, Mamnen learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has wavy chestnut hair. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Born to a Server, his father struggled to pay the bills. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, giants burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying south to reunite his family. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and revenge

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. With bright white hair. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Sarah 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 open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Cynical, Addict. Bonds: Military, In love, Job. Occupation: Healer

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

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

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 is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 11000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. A true patriot, Egelina would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Egelina lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 110 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a sai on her belt. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is a great chef.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. After coming to the age of reason, Rinn took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1400 sp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. After coming to the age of reason, Thorpe took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp).