Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has moderate length black hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Shax's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1300 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and black handkerchief worn on his right side. He has no hair. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Banker who has hired him part-time. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record, Military, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1300 gp. Fire opal (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his chestnut hair down. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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 able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. Himo was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Himo decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 3'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 30 gp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Mara embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Mara was born the youngest of three triplets. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She struck the Crown-heir job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Sard (30 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She keeps her long yellow fur kept up in a rat tail. Her yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tricking grew up listening to her father's many stories. Tricking abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Standing 3'2", this woman has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her yellow robe. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has moderate length golden hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She tends to her Carpenter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 280 gp. Banded agate (15 gp). 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears a colorful flower in her dark red hair. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Ishte was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Ishte's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1800 sp. Jet (120 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp).