Description: She wears dull grey sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed monstrous two handed axe, just in case. Her white hair is long and unkept. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Wymar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Assassin. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Assassin.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Malachite (11 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She has moderate length white hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Detective hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1500 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Citrine (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Volen isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and expand her business

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Justice. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her blue hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce silver eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. Her silver crest is smooth and relatively long. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Zykroff and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Cook business.

History: Born to a Mason, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Anakis has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 9000 sp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. He carries with him a set of longbows on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: Krimmon is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Krimmon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Krimmon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp).