Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and is pretty ugly. Her head has been shaved. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Guard who has hired her part-time. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Guard. She has achieved small success as a Guard.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. He has blonde hair. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Henry never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 sp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bounty Hunter. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His eyes are green.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His childhood dream was to be a Merchant, but he was a colossal failure. He became a Bounty Hunter soon after.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a fancy black suit. He has wavy dark red hair. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Morthos was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and she perpetually has her nunchaku ready. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying south to reunite her family. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 160 pp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her black hair is braided into rings. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Ovina hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Wizard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She is greedy; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver ewer (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born in the east. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mayor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black pearl (800 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Sard (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, brown cloak, and he perpetually has his scimitar ready. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Dean was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.