Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines silver.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. 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: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 150 pp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Peridot (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Shamil was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Hunter and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a white coat with blue slacks. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Vadania speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Vadania is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Vadania abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Silver pearl (140 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a simple pastel robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her fur is cut close to her head. She has copper eyes.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 pp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down. She carries with her a set of monstrous two handed axes on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. She keeps her black fur in a pixie cut. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Animal Trainer father left her crippled. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shadow fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Secretive, Antagonistic. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a red tunic with blue highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bellfounder arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Full Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. Her white fur is singed and shortened. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Tanner. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. A gifted student she started as a Sage, but she got bored and became a Tanner. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Tanner responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 260 pp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a tan vest and prefers green and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: A middle-aged man, he usually wears his violet robe and has his sai always slung over his shoulder, and is pretty ugly. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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 Half-Elf in existence. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: The child of a Mercenary, who enjoyed hunting, Lucan was taken on many hunting expeditions. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.