Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Nim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He became a Masseuse soon after.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a green costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. She wears her red hair up. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her first spouse was a Doctor, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. After a long history of fighting, Anne and her spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 sp. Malachite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Joan 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 Joan. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She's in love; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 20 pp. Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he likes to wear red tank tops with white pants. His silver hair is still thick. 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 is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Roofer again.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. She is physically well-built. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length gold crest. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Shepherd. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother 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 now owns her own business.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Black opal (900 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering his clean studded leather. His fur is black and very short. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Ethereal was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Mason and found it very stressful. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new mason responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1600 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greataxe, but if one is not available he will default to his hammer. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has violet eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is content

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: She stands about 3'2" and dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. 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 raised in a forest tribe. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Salanop took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up hand crossbow and armor she uses now. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. White opal (1100 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.