Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is silver and curly. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Fisher; and wants her loneliness to end

Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Poor, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 700 sp. Amber (40 gp).

Description: He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He is portly but not overly obese. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a great chef.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Mundane. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Tourmaline (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Tordek was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1500 sp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears long strands of amethyst and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This tall, slender man sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His childhood dream was to be a Map Maker, but he was a colossal failure. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her golden hair is lengthy. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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 was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'5". She wears bulky green painted plate armor. She has no crest. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Rock crystal (30 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is typically in his Priest uniform. His blue hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student he started as a Marshal, but he got bored and became a Priest. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.