Description: This eastern man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Knight hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 150 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. She is an epitome of beauty. With bright auburn hair. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in the north to a Miller, Anne learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a fancy violet dress. She has shaved her head bald. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Baelitae liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and many drow want her driven away

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has wavy bronze crest. Her gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Kadana liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Being a Cook kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shepherd who has hired him part-time. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her brown hair down. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is a great chef.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Naamah 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 Naamah. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is cut close to his head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sailor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp.