Description: This woman wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 60 pp. Rock crystal (30 gp). 1 Smokesticks. 3 Antitoxin. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He wears tattered old clothes. His golden hair is lengthy. He has green eyes and a blue hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Berrian grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He became a Shoemaker soon after.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He carries with him a set of falchions, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is brown and very short. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He 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. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 800 sp. Peridot (40 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Ielenia hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a simple pastel robe with grey stripes complete with hood. His gray fur has been sun bleached extensively. He has gleaming, smiling yellow eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Spear took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up shortspear and armor he uses now. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1300 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: He wears a red tunic with tan highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around his shoes. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Engraver profession.

History: He was born in the east. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bowyer. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Emerald (1500 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She tends to wear a large blue jacket. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Ahinar lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Laborer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Laborer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 900 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he is renowned for his bright green suits and hats, and is pretty ugly. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vassago grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Vassago. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 pp. Fire opal (700 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a hunchback. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Zed hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 9000 sp.