Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a worn and beaten armor. With wild chestnut hair. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her broad blue hat.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'10" when asserting herself. Her cinnamon fur is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Quick fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 70 pp. Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'7" when asserting himself. His gold crest is unkempt and raggedy. His ears are large.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1800 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Williamina never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He carries with him a set of rapiers on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 380 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her rusty crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Hillanot 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. Hillanot decided she wanted neither the life of her father 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: Regain custody of her daughter; and she has money and likes to spend it

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich, Military, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, brown shirt, and pastel tie. He wears his chestnut hair up. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, marred by sweets. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Gomory hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He worked as a nervous Barber and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barber for the past few years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 280 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp).

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is portly but not overly obese. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Oppah is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

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. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.