Description: This slender woman stands about 5'8". She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 87. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Bendoo 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. Bendoo 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. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Rich, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 gp. Banded agate (9 gp). Fire opal (700 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'7" and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She bought a whip and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 sp. Coral (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Being a Sailor kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is dressed in earthy colors with a red and white handkerchief worn on his left side. He has no hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. Fire opal (1500 gp). Coral (90 gp). Rose (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears an entirely black suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her hair is short and red. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She hates Tieflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'11". She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is long and red with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Revenge; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Debt, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Rose (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp).

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His tied-back hair is brown. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mercenary business.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He bought a shortbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, In love. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Golden pearl (60 gp). 3 Thunderstones. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His golden hair is cut short. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed grey hat.

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. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her yellow fur is singed and shortened. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.