Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. Her white hair is still thick. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She got into the Beggar business at a young age. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Beggar for hire.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to be a sellsword again

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her silver hair is still thick. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Virra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Adventurer born in the past three hundred years. Darrak is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He got into the Adventurer business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Ruler, but he got bored and became a Adventurer. He struck the Adventurer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to be a ruler again

Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp).

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his hammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His silver crest is greasy and uncared for. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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: He comes from a rich western family. Through the years after Direcris was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Direcris's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: He wears a fancy grey suit, and carries falchions. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. Her black hair is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Human culture. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Althaea was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear flannel, and is pretty ugly. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Slave Trader for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 pp. Malachite (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His golden hair is cut short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. After a long history of fighting, Dabbledob and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1900 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and tan handkerchief worn on his right side. He is portly but not overly obese. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Robert is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barkeep. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Barkeep.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to be a body guard again

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 700 sp.