Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her tied-back hair is auburn. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Marastyr was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Armorer for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a tan shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and brown pants. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Rolen hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her auburn hair is well kept. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Beatrice studied abroad. Beatrice was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Carpenter. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Carpenter for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. Her crest, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp. A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 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 tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His yellow fur is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 7000 gp. Zircon (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). White opal (500 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Blue diamond (8000 gp). Rose (30 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp).

Description: This malnourished man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Ruler. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Nuraval was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She likes to wear white tank tops with brown skirt. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Thea was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ghaliver grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ghaliver. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.