Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her copper crest is smooth and relatively long. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 14000 cp. 2 Thunderstones. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: She stands about 4'9" and is wearing a tight pastel one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her brown fur is knotted and matted. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Born in the south to a Gardener, Emerald learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. 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. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Gardener for hire.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to be a spice merchant again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He is wearing a long, black cloak, and he perpetually has his morningstar ready. His copper crest is long and unkept. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

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

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. Being a Gardener kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a black coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a shield and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1600 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His bronze crest has been sun bleached extensively. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born in the east. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born to a Miller, her father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1100 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp).

Description: A 5'3" northern woman, she is typically in her Merchant uniform. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Slave Trader, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 2 Thunderstones. 1 Holy water. 4 Antitoxin. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this eastern man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Ulblyn lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 12000 gp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Rose (70 gp).