Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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. 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: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mayor for the past few years.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Military, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a red cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She struck the Priest job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and sabotage a competitor

Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears tattered old clothes, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Astaro never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Forgetful. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 800 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this northern woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. Her golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. Being a Mercenary kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is baby faced.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Stylist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His yellow eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. 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: He was born on a small isolated farm. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 800 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He hates Gnomes with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Dragonborn compassion; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Racist, Fearful, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a white shirt with thin green vertical stripes and pastel pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His fur is short and yellow. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Dynamic wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Fighter, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Gifted from a young age, Dynamic studied abroad. He worked as a nervous Slave Trader and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1800 gp. Moonstone (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp).