Description: She wears dull brown sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed greatsword, just in case. She carries a battered lance and tarnished greatsword as well. She wears her silver hair up. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: The child of a Tailor, who enjoyed hunting, Helgret was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and 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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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 to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Thorin was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Thorin decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. His gray fur has been sun bleached extensively. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Black pearl (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has no hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His blue crest is still thick. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Greethen was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 11000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. With wild black hair. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her parents enrolled her in a Fighter school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a hunchback. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Foxilon lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting dire rats, the young Foxilon began to lead the lost caravan. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 18000 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She uses divination through singing.

History: Ishte hails from a village terrorized by giants. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered giants who tried to eat her hand. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: This southern man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his gray fur down. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tabaxis in Ethereal's homeland. Ethereal decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 gp. Star ruby (500 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).