Description: This eastern woman dresses like a well dressed Butcher does. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is white and curly. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Butcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Butcher work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She struck the Butcher job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp).

Description: She typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'8" when asserting herself. She sports a flattop hair cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 9000 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. Sporting a brown mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Syllin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Smokesticks. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is dressed in a clean red cloak covering his clean studded leather. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 800 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is black and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Sorath was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Through the years after Sorath was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Sorath's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Sorath and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1200 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a grey wide-brimmed hat and grey clothes. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Gifted from a young age, Baern studied abroad. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Kelter was born on a far southern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Mason. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Blue diamond (2000 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears green painted combat armor at almost all times, and he perpetually has his shortbow ready. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 pp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has slicked back blonde hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Junk Dealer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cumpen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 gp.