Description: This woman wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a hammer, but if one is not available she will default to her scythe, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. Her black eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears professional attire. He wears his purple hair down. His black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Xappan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Ruler work with an outfit from a few towns over. Ruler work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1600 gp. Red garnet (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Dondon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jade (150 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Blue-white diamond (8000 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is short and chestnut. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 6'1" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Hunter. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Shautha was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Shautha abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1700 pp. Tourmaline (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Azurite (8 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears just a blue suit. His clothes are grease stained in places. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He takes great joy in being the best Guard in town.

History: Born in the east to a Guard, Himo learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Scribe, but he got bored and became a Guard. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Scribe again.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Jet (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). White pearl (120 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. She has dyed her greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep yellow.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Fragrant was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 gp.