Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has a hunchback. She has no hair. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dee grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature rapier.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. She has wavy golden hair. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and many giants want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Bloodstone (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears just a grey suit. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She worked as a nervous Barrister and found it very stressful. Recently a tribe of goblins 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His tied-back hair is white. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Jet (140 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Jet (140 gp).

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and carries tridents. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He struck the Shepherd job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly whips and glaives. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Roge was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Roge decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Roge was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Jet (120 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Jade (120 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Malachite (7 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a grey wide-brimmed hat and grey clothes. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Alexandre was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older woman who wears a brown tunic with grey highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a colorful flower in her beige fur. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tricking 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 Tricking. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Her childhood dream was to be a Spy, but she was a colossal failure. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.