Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears skinny pants and wears a black and blue robe with the hood down, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her head has been shaved. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is a great chef.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Azurite (5 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a black collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her black hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Actor born in the past three hundred years. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: The child of a Stableman, who enjoyed hunting, Kansif was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has worked as a Actor like her mother before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Actor responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). 2 Thunderstones. 7 Acid flasks. 3 Holy water. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy copper crest. He wears a green armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. He has a hunchback. His crest is cut close to his head. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 7000 gp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Sard (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Amber (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is golden and curly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Birel was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She is physically well-built. Her purple hair is lengthy. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Sorath hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Performer for hire.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and expand her business

Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born in the east to a Apothecary, Jacoba learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Apothecary. She has achieved small success as a Apothecary.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She dresses like a well dressed Apothecary does. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the south to a Apothecary, Egelina learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a warhammer, but if one is not available he will default to his nunchaku. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His first spouse was a Spy, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'4". He is dressed in an above average manner, and his gloved hand is found clutching a greatsword. His crest is short and blue. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 Dragonborn in existence. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp. 2 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Everburning torch. 2 Tanglefoot bags.