Description: She is in excellent shape and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Pelt was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a worn and beaten armor. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in the north. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has green eyes and a black hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Garl hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His parents enrolled him in a Adept school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Masseuse responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is braided into rings. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He uses divination through singing.

History: Alex was born with his mother's beautiful face. After coming to the age of reason, Alex took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Tourmaline (80 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'11". She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and her gloved hand is found clutching a ceremonial dagger. She has wavy red hair. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Sarai was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Sarai has worked very hard to control her curse. 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 comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He is physically well-built. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Laucian enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of a Glassblower, who enjoyed hunting, Laucian was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants, and is pretty ugly. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Paymon's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.