Description: This northern woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Sutha hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Sutha was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 gp. Azurite (14 gp). Rose (50 gp).

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Trey alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. 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. Trey fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 sp. Sard (40 gp).

Description: This woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her ceremonial dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Philomena has worked very hard to control her curse. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 7000 gp. Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tan coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Logical, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This late middle aged man wears many layers of old clothing at all times and is in decent physical shape. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Pandjed has worked very hard to control his curse. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with pastel colored cloaks and clothing, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'2" when asserting himself. His white fur is smooth and relatively long. He has hazel eyes and a pastel hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Dyer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with black slacks. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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 a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Moss agate (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp).

Description: She wears a red coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. 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: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Bella was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Shepherd. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. His black fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He got into the Assassin business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Assassin and found it very stressful. He struck the Assassin job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Marshal again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 800 sp.