Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her dark red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Hecat's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Hecat is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Fortune-teller. She became a Fortune-teller soon after.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 40000 cp. Malachite (10 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a brown coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Susannah embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 4000 cp. Malachite (12 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has done her best to style her blue hair to look like a famous performer. Her white eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sage who has hired her part-time. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sage. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she has a crush on the local merchant

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 23000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He sports a flattop hair cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Vassago has worked very hard to control his curse. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A 6'6" northern man, he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a black coat with yellow slacks. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ar-Karo 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 Ar-Karo. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

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 he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'11". She is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She keeps her red fur in a pixie cut. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She wants revenge against goblins; and many goblins want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears bulky blue painted plate armor. Her head has been shaved. She has green eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His eyes are green.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Gardain was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Weaver job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 40 pp.