Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Sannl 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 Sannl. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: 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; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she usually wears her green robe and has her axe always slung over her shoulder. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Emerald (1500 gp).

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. She is physically well-built. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Lilli was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a brown shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and tan pants. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Helen lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Helen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 20000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

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 afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A freak accident while working with her Navigator mother left her crippled. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears bulky violet painted plate armor. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Ridaro and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 110 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a fancy brown suit, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears his orange fur up. He has copper eyes and a brown hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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: Born to a Carter, his father struggled to pay the bills. His parents enrolled him in a Cleric school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family, Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 140 gp. 3 Holy water.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 sp.