Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears long strands of jet and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her feathered brown hat.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Junk Dealer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 600 gp. Tourmaline (140 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly ceremonial daggers and hammers. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Being a Mayor kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and many brigands want her driven away

Flaws: Addict, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has wavy silver hair. Her eyes are likewise violet.

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 uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Nyx was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His fur, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When Quick reached his early adolescence his Tabaxi mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Quick fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears professional attire. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cook.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to be a painter again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 pp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'10". She wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available she will default to her ceremonial dagger. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kali 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 Kali. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: 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: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 900 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. He carries with him a set of falchions, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has moderate length red hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alex fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her red hair is lengthy. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Waywocket was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Bard, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. He wears his silver hair down. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Galinndan hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.