Description: She stands about 3'9" and wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. With wild blonde hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Shipwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 gp. Azurite (14 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). White opal (900 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears a simple green robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her gold crest is lengthy. Her eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Ruloth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the west were limited. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect her home

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Coral (140 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her blue crest has been sun bleached extensively. She has red eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care and is in decent physical shape. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vaina studied abroad. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Revenge; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 3200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he tends to wear a large black jacket. His hair is dark red, silky, and of moderate length. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his white eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He takes great joy in being the best Stylist in town.

History: Mormo was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 gp. Moss agate (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a nunchaku, but if one is not available he will default to his crossbow. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. The war was a terrible time for him, and Brottor does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born to a Shoemaker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Tailor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears brown trousers with black and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Laborer who has hired her part-time. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Diesa was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Diesa decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has no crest. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Jeweler. He struck the Jeweler job and began his own company from there.

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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a green shirt, with a violet mid length skirt with violet tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her black crest is heavily combed to the left. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and she has a crush on the local adventurer

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.