Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Engraver who has hired her part-time. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

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 recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 80 pp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Red garnet (50 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She keeps her long dark red hair kept up in a rat tail. She has gold eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born into a rich family. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Sard (50 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Jet (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Jeweler. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Jeweler responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3100 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His tied-back hair is blonde. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He is dressed in an above average manner. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, William took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. William fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and doesn't want to be a assassin and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her head has been shaved. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Valanthe hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 60 gp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: She stands about 6'1" and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her long brown fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a Map Maker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Jade was born with her mother's beautiful face. At a young age her mother died while driving off some gnolls. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in greatsword use. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Unemployed again; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'1". He wears dull red sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sai, just in case. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Dondon embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is a great chef.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Dondon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 now owns his own business.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in the west to a Animal Trainer, Susannah learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Animal Trainer. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Animal Trainer.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.