Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly morningstars and bastard swords. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mardred 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 Mardred. 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 has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and carries kukris. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Ortegar was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ortegar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Star rose quartz (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 900 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her head has been shaved. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Yvonne hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Through the years after Yvonne was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Yvonne's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Himo embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He is a great chef.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Himo alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Standing 6'1", this man wears green trousers with violet and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has done his best to style his bronze crest to look like a famous performer. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Arjhan is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a Shipwright, his mother struggled to pay the bills. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His orange fur is still thick. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Jade speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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: Jade lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and doesn't want to be a laborer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He carries with him a set of longbows on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His white crest is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: Gargax is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp. Obsidian (12 gp). Amber (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.