Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

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

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 50000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a black coat with red slacks and is in decent physical shape. Her green crest, when down, is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and doesn't want to be a dyer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Nordak was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Sculptor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A 4'7" southern woman, she is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Sellsword business.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Herleva was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50 gp. Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears professional attire. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Crown-heir and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Black pearl (900 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, black cloak. He carries with him a set of shortspears, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his gold crest in a flapper bob. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. After a long history of fighting, Kerkad and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Expand his business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

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

Possessions: 90 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a brown tunic with green highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Beggar. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2200 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (50 gp).

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat, and she perpetually has her longsword ready. She has a very tight haircut. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She got into the Gardener business at a young age. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Isabella 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 Isabella. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Gardener for the past few years.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp).