Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, red shirt, and brown tie. She has shaved her head bald. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His red hair is long and unkept. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is content; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a large white jacket. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her nunchaku, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her hair is brown and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sellsword. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Expand her business; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His white hair is thinning but still full. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Tanner but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2200 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She is physically well-built. Her golden hair is long and unkept. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Cook for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business; and half-orc compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Varis was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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 found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice, Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is golden and curly. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears white trousers with blue and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and he perpetually has his sai ready. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Map Maker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Map Maker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Map Maker for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.