Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in the north to a Glassblower, Hethress learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's also a talented Body Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears bulky green painted plate armor. She carries with her a set of axes on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her dark red hair is thinning but still full. Her fierce white eyes like to dwell on things.

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 does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a Map Maker, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 50 pp. Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 gp. Citrine (80 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her green crest is long and unkept. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. His hair is golden and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Locksmith. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Locksmith for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. 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: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. 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. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 390 pp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears long strands of topaz and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. 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 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

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

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 takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and balancing his hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. His hair is short and auburn. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He works hard and plays hard.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp).