Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a violet shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and grey pants. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is an amazing painter.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Nicholas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 40000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Meena was born with her mother's beautiful face. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She has taken up work as a Dyer and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears professional attire. He sports a flattop fur cut. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears his blonde hair up. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has no hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Silvo has worked very hard to control his curse. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp).

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and monstrous two handed axes. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Burgell was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp).

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born in the east. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Military, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her half smiles and white eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Ronobe hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ronobe studied abroad. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ronobe never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1600 gp. Jasper (70 gp).