Description: A middle-aged woman, she tends to wear a large pastel jacket, and is pretty ugly. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull black iron scale mail. Her blue hair is matted, messy, and big. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born into a rich family. When Astaro reached her early adolescence her Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Guardian, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a violet costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso, and carries scythes. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many drow want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears his white crest up. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1800 gp.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She sports a flattop hair cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Mardred was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Traki alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a worn and beaten armor. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. Imsh is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the south to a Bellfounder, Imsh learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His first spouse was a Performer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp. Red garnet (140 gp). Coral (140 gp). Onyx (50 gp).

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears black trousers with green and violet striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her hair is purple, silky, and of moderate length. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Sorath hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and she is greedy

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 90 gp.