Description: Standing 5'4", this woman wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. 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: She comes from a rich northern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Baelitae never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Navigator; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Rich, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp).

Description: He likes to wear brown tank tops with violet pants. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greatswords and kukris. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

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 wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 340 pp. White pearl (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 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 a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a shield on her belt. She has done her best to style her cinnamon fur to look like a famous performer. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Sweet is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Courier work with an outfit from a few towns over. Courier work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 160 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He got into the Fletcher business at a young age. His first spouse was a Brewer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a white coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. She wears her silver hair up. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, tan shirt, and black tie. His hair is red and very short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

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 was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 2000 sp. Golden pearl (100 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Amber (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. He is baby faced.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born into a rich family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Adventurer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Adventurer 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 Adventurer for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears skinny pants and wears a violet and blue robe with the hood down. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mayor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Katherine was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Emotional, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 sp.