Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a white and black robe with the hood down. She carries a battered greataxe and tarnished kukri as well. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Portia hails from a village terrorized by drow. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Portia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She carries a battered falchion and tarnished greatsword as well. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Vaina reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She wears a blue shirt with thin green vertical stripes and blue pants. She is physically well-built. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp).

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this eastern man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fortune-teller. His hair is blonde and very short. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Justice. Flaws: PTSD, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female is wearing a long, grey cloak. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her silver hair is lengthy. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Melissa's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 3 Antitoxin.

Description: He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Human compassion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 pp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 3200 sp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp).