Description: This tall, slender man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He is baby faced.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 50 pp. Black pearl (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull brown iron scale mail and is in decent physical shape. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is a Miller first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student she started as a Engraver, but she got bored and became a Miller. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He keeps his long red crest kept up in a rat tail. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). 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: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older woman who wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, she is not a threatening figure. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Althaea is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has achieved small success as a Mayor.

Motivation: To be a Barkeep again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. Her yellow fur is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Flame was born the youngest of three triplets. She worked as a nervous Butcher and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Butcher for the past few years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 5'2", this woman wears a simple green robe with red stripes complete with hood. Her hair is short and silver. Her black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Aym was born on a far southern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Navigator. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 900 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Amber (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents enrolled him in a Commoner school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and 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

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a simple blue robe with green stripes complete with hood. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greatsword.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, In love, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 30 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).