Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears skinny pants and wears a violet and black robe with the hood down. She has no hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of a Laborer, who enjoyed hunting, Vaina was taken on many hunting expeditions. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel, and carries hammers. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student he started as a Mason, but he got bored and became a Baker. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Baker for the past few years.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Jet (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shipwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He has black hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. She wears her red hair up. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. 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 Bounty Hunter for the past few years.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 2'9" and muscular, this northern woman wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a ceremonial dagger, but if one is not available she will default to her axe. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a Carter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Vani was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She struck the Carter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Expand her business; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 21000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Jade (60 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars. Her white crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Mishann lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

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; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 120 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp).