Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. Her crest is copper and curly. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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. Blendaeth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in the west. Blendaeth was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Blendaeth decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: Hadwisa is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A freak accident while working with her Shepherd mother left her crippled. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Chenna's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Chenna was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 16000 sp. Moss agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears suspenders and violet workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. He has amber eyes and a violet hat with a white feather.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Courier work with an outfit from a few towns over. Courier work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He became a Courier soon after.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to be a fortune-teller again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. His tied-back hair is golden. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Krimmon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Adventurer. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Adventurer.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull black iron scale mail. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Jarsali was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She worked as a nervous Mayor and found it very stressful. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a grey tunic with yellow highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. A true patriot, Cory would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Cory was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and to be a stableman again

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Slave, Military, Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 cp.