Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 160 gp. Red spinel (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her scythe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She struck the Assassin job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new assassin responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His green crest is thinning but still full. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Assassin born in the past three hundred years. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Salasar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2200 gp. Onyx (60 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Painter. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has green eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Bucklal isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

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 has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 gp. Banded agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she 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. Her hair is purple and curly. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Makaria lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 40 gp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is silver and very short. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Paela was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Courier. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Jet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a green armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. Her copper crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Gardener. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 13000 cp. Deep green spinel (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Amethyst (40 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Nature, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 cp. White pearl (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.