Description: This late middle aged woman wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars and is in decent physical shape. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears a brown shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Melissa hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She got into the Weaver business at a young age. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a knight again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2900 gp. Sard (70 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears just a brown suit. Her gray fur is heavily combed to the right. 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 snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. She carries with her a set of halberds on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her gray fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Art was born with her father's beautiful face. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a green coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. Her white crest is still thick. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She struck the Mercenary job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 50000 cp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has wavy chestnut hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Valanthe hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 17000 cp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is golden and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Job, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Malachite (4 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is physically well-built. His purple hair is singed and shortened. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born in the north. Damakos was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Merchant. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Butcher they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Merchant, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 20000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is black and very short. She is baby faced.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.