Description: This slender man stands about 3'4". He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His red hair is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

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. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears green painted combat armor at almost all times, she is not a threatening figure. She has wavy purple hair. This red eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Rieta was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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.

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Superior lock.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak, and is pretty ugly. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the left. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with red slacks. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Thea was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 140 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs, and carries warhammers. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He takes great joy in being the best Spy in town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Marbas grew up listening to his father's many stories. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spy work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spy work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). White opal (600 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Jacinth (3000 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 700 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: She typically wears pastel cloth garments or leather armor. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her lavender fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. 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: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. 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 has since lost track of the people in her past.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Peridot (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her lavender fur is smooth and relatively long. 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 is extraordinarily eccentric. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Art was born with her father's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp.