Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: This woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her left hand. Her auburn hair is cut short. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ellywick was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp).

Description: She is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her long gold crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Farideh wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Commoner, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She tends to her Engraver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Aquamarine (1200 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the south were limited. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). Jet (150 gp).

Description: He wears a red vest and prefers grey and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Scribe hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He bought a rapier and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her white hair is still thick. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Heather speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Barkeep. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Heather fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears her blue hair up. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and money/treasure

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He keeps his long gray fur kept up in a rat tail. His copper eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born in the east. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.