Description: An older woman who prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts, she is not a threatening figure. She has a very tight haircut. Her ears are large.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Carpenter born in the past three hundred years. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Virra hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 6'5". He wears a fancy black suit. His brown hair is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 80 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Gifted from a young age, Arara studied abroad. Arara 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 dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 4000 sp. Malachite (13 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). 3 Smokesticks.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she usually wears her brown robe and has her scythe always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is white and very short. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Locksmith business.

History: Born to a Server, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scythe.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a halberd on his belt. His golden hair is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 5000 cp. Red spinel (100 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A 5'3" western man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His chestnut hair is cut short. His face is scarred and worn.

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 kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, white cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'11" when asserting herself. She sports golden long hair. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She keeps her long brown fur kept up in a rat tail. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 220 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has a very tight haircut. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.