Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Vaina was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a green tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Roofer. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born in a small island village. A gifted student she started as a Unemployed, but she got bored and became a Roofer. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a unemployed again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Aquamarine (800 gp). White opal (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a grey scarf. He has red hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Dean was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dean 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 Dean. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Dean never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 120 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: This northern woman very much looks the part of a Gardener. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Gardener. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born to a Actor, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Nissa was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nissa decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 11000 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished greatsword as well. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She worked as a nervous Bricklayer and found it very stressful. Recently the stress of being a Bricklayer has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: 5'8" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 6000 sp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, blue cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'10" when asserting herself. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Terse, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Slave Trader. Her brown fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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: Spear was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Full Plate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.