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 wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Engong's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She got into the Beggar business at a young age. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears silk and lounges about seductively, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is brown and very short. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Anselm was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a grey tunic with white highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when she was still a young child. The gnolls captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Giselle 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 Masseuse; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military, Enemies, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 60 gp. Amethyst (80 gp).

Description: This eastern man very much looks the part of a Farmer. His clothes are grease stained in places. His long bronze crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: Shamash speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Farmer. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 220 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Average lock.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Tourmaline (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Obsidian (4 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Manfred was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 130 gp. Pink pearl (110 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her hair, while still mostly purple, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are white and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Barrister but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Passionate, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 gp. Red garnet (80 gp). Jade (80 gp). Jasper (60 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a green coat with blue slacks. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a glaive and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.