Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Her black fur is singed and shortened. Her eyes are a pleasant yellow.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Silent grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Silent. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Silent fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His gray fur is still thick. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born to a Cartwright, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Guard. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Guard.

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

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 sp. Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears bulky tan painted plate armor. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed tan hat.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears white trousers with grey and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jillian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Emotional, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His head has been shaved. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a Assassin, his father struggled to pay the bills. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears professional attire. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson black hat.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 700 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a tan costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in the east to a Fletcher, Jarsali learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her parents enrolled her in a Bard school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fletcher and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A 3'2" southern woman, she wears a blue tunic with black highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). 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 desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

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 stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gilkass grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gilkass. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 310 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.