Description: This woman wears a black Stetson hat and black clothes, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has no hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

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 has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vapula grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Vapula. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is a great chef.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2900 gp. Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His hair is silver and curly. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. A true patriot, Keth would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. After coming to the age of reason, Keth took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He struck the Beggar job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a tan tunic with black highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She became a Courier soon after.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: In love, Guardian, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His gray fur, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student he started as a Carter, but he got bored and became a Gardener. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 5000 sp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Jet (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears a red collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has a hunchback. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Pikar embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gifted student he started as a Marshal, but he got bored and became a Fisher. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and grey handkerchief worn on her left side. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Akta is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He very much looks the part of a Hunter. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: He wears a brown small hat and brown clothes. His yellow fur is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born in the north to a Gardener, Leaf learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Gardener. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Job, Debt. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.