Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a grey coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. After a long history of fighting, Helja and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. She carries with her a set of bastard swords on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the south to a Cartwright, Anne learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To be a Apothecary again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1100 gp. Silver ewer (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 3'0", this woman dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears baggy tan pantaloons and a violet scarf. She wears her golden hair down. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered gnolls who tried to eat her hand. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His tied-back hair is black. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length black hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her childhood dream was to be a Cartwright, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Performer responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Performer

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

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bowyer who has hired her part-time. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 20 gp.