Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears bulky grey painted plate armor. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Military, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She typically wears pastel cloth garments or leather armor, and she perpetually has her sai ready. Her fur is short and red. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Windy grew up listening to her father's many stories. A freak accident while working with her Shepherd father left her crippled. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has wavy blonde hair. He has brown eyes and a brown hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Eye agate (12 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His head has been shaved. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tailor.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 8000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 3 Holy water.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Miller, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'10" when asserting herself. She wears her brown fur up. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Silent will drive conversation. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She's in love; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Jade (40 gp). Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her small black hat.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Verin was born with her father's beautiful face. 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 became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a worn and beaten armor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is golden and curly. He has amber eyes and a violet hat with a grey feather.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: He got into the Bricklayer business at a young age. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to be a painter again

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2800 gp. Pink pearl (90 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her blue hair up. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Makaria will drive conversation. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She got into the Scribe business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Scribe for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Scribe responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has hazel eyes and a grey hat with a white feather.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting goblins, the young Adrik began to lead the lost caravan. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

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 seeks redemption

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 350 gp.