Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears tattered old clothes. She has moderate length brown hair. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His red crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Performer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 8000 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Jet (100 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Layabout; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, In love, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 80 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Nordak lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (12 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp).

Description: She wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly quarterstaffs and axes. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Engraver profession.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Healer. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. Tourmaline (100 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Jade (100 gp).

Description: She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with yellow slacks. She carries with her a set of crossbows, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her green crest, when down, is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Cartwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nala fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'2" northern woman, she wears baggy red pantaloons and a violet scarf. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. She has amber eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Merla was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Adventurer for hire.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.