Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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 is harsh and unforgiving.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 140 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the left. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. To her fellows she 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: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents were killed by giants in a raid when she was still a young child. The giants captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has auburn hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Tanner. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 800 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp).

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is dark red, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Kâka hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Kâka alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Jeweler they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Gardener, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This eastern woman is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has a very tight haircut. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top white hat.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Stacee will drive conversation. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Stacee was born on a far eastern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Shepherd. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Extrovert, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears tattered old clothes and is in decent physical shape. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length red hair. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: This woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her ears are large.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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 is wracked by social anxiety; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: A 5'4" eastern woman, she wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Gifted from a young age, Katherine studied abroad. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1300 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp).