Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Guard. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Poor, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 80 pp. Carnelian (80 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She sports golden long hair. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Melissa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 37000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bounty Hunter. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He tends to his Bounty Hunter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to be a butcher again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman wears a fancy pastel dress. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. Her fur is brown and curly. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'2". She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has wavy purple hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She takes great joy in being the best Unemployed in town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Unemployed for hire.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2400 gp. Azurite (5 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Zircon (30 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'2". He dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is golden and curly. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

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

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Borun grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2800 sp. Jet (120 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is silver and very short. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3100 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears dull yellow sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed dagger, just in case. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born to a Shepherd, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 sp.