Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Being a Knight 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: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His gold crest is singed and shortened. His ears are large.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Fax enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Fax was born the youngest of three triplets. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp).

Description: She has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Hrathy is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A freak accident while working with her Interpreter father left her crippled. She's also a talented Interpreter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a interpreter again

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears professional attire. His hair is short and blonde. His eyes are green.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He worked as a nervous Dilettante and found it very stressful. He's also a talented Fortune-teller, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Dilettante responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'1". He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and his gloved hand is found clutching a whip. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Through the years after Ulblyn was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Ulblyn's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 2300 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

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 athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 700 pp. Black opal (800 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is yellow, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. She carries with her a set of glaives, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her black crest is matted, messy, and big. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the north to a Layabout, Thava learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She tends to her Layabout job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a crown-heir again

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Jasper (20 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs and is in decent physical shape. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length black hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Zanna grew up listening to her father's many stories. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her golden hair is well kept. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Hatae is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Hatae was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Smokesticks.