Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a simple brown robe with tan stripes complete with hood. Her black hair is cut short. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and black handkerchief worn on his left side. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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, Solomon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. One day when Solomon was young, his mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his mother dropped to the ground dead. His mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Solomon was heart-stricken from the event, and his father started working long hours to provde for them. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Expand his business; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Mentor, Family, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A 5'5" northern woman, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 30000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born to a Baker, his father struggled to pay the bills. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's in love; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull black iron scale mail. He has white hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Butcher. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Amnon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: To be a Unemployed again.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He likes to wear grey tank tops with blue pants. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. 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 is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A freak accident while working with his Sailor father left him crippled. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants, and is pretty ugly. Her purple hair is braided into rings. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Bryseis has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bryseis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: She wears a green vest and prefers violet and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her gold crest is smooth and relatively long. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Burana was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'11", this man is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, black shirt, and yellow tie. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Galinndan was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Mercenary. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.