Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. She sports golden long hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Jarana was born with her mother's beautiful face. Through the years after Jarana was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Jarana's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and 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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 sp. Malachite (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Coral (50 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times, and is pretty ugly. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Money/treasure; and he is content

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. He carries with him a set of spears on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature spear.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. 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 white and very short. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Uzza is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white fur is braided into rings. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Being a Engraver kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp).

Description: This woman tends to wear a large red jacket, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She got into the Assassin business at a young age. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Assassin.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to be a shepherd again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: She wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Bellfounder arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A freak accident while working with her Carter mother left her crippled. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has no crest. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Fire opal (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is short and auburn. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Riardon was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Star ruby (700 gp).