Description: This western woman wears baggy green pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has done her best to style her dark red hair to look like a famous performer. This black eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Mastema was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Banker. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). 1 Buckler.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Mortician does, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'4" when asserting himself. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has achieved small success as a Mortician.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Jet (130 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Coral (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears grey trousers with brown and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and carries nunchakus. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Conrad was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This malnourished woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 sp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. He carries with him a set of shortspears on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His black hair is still thick. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Skamos fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 9000 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears professional attire. Her copper crest is thinning but still full. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. After a long history of fighting, Akra and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has styled her white fur well, parting it to the left. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Sweet grew up listening to her father's many stories. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Sweet alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He wears a yellow vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his yellow boots flare out at the collars. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has hazel eyes and a yellow hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Jocelyn was born the youngest of three triplets. His childhood dream was to be a Bounty Hunter, but he was a colossal failure. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Extrovert, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'3" and very much looks the part of a Glassblower. He wears his chestnut hair down. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Fargrim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Through the years after Fargrim was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Fargrim's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Glassblower for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new glassblower responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 pp. Malachite (6 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Pink diamond (8000 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp).