Description: She wears professional attire. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her scimitar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her crest is blue and curly. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born into a rich family. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has achieved small success as a Guard.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a green and white robe with the hood down. Her hair is purple and very short. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Terse. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2400 sp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to protect his home

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears skinny pants and wears a black and pastel robe with the hood down. He has styled his scarlet crest well, parting it to the left. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He dresses like a well dressed Barrister does. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has brown eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Barrister hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to reunite with his old friends

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A 4'10" southern woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and black handkerchief worn on her left side. Her red fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her copper eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Elegant was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Elegant fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1800 gp. Jasper (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears his blonde hair up. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears baggy violet pantaloons and a white scarf. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a tailor and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Liftrasa was born with her mother's beautiful face. A freak accident while working with her Locksmith mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 gp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). White opal (500 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.