Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Tailor kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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 she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Yurk was born the youngest of three triplets. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Map Maker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Bather, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 700 sp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has wavy auburn hair. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Thiala was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 pp. Black pearl (200 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear yellow clothing when he does not wear armor. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Beggar for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Jet (40 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sword, but if one is not available she will default to her longbow. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Numba 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 has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shields and pickaxes. His bronze crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Malachite (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

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 very much looks the part of a Fletcher. She wears her green crest down. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She became a Fletcher soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Addict. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Deep green spinel (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Good lock.