Description: This slender woman stands about 4'2". She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is white and very short. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: The child of a Architect, who enjoyed hunting, Helja was taken on many hunting expeditions. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Helja took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up dagger and armor she uses now. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 210 gp. Silver pearl (80 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: Standing 6'5", this man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Charles was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Slave, Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His hair is cut close to his head. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Silver pearl (130 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Thea was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Thea's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, white shirt, and grey tie. Her purple hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and is pretty ugly. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

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. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Rimple was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Masseuse hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her right hand. Sporting a brown mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Riswynn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 2'8" northern woman, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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: She was born in a small forest village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 800 gp.