Description: 5'6" and muscular, this northern woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has no hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 3 Smokesticks. 4 Holy water. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears dull black sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed flail, just in case. She has slicked back blonde hair. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. 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 feels kind of lost in life; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: A 5'1" northern man, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Mormo was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 150 pp. Citrine (50 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: She likes to wear black tank tops with green skirt. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. Her purple hair is braided into rings. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Pyra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 800 gp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a black tunic with blue highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has done her best to style her brass crest to look like a famous performer. She is baby faced.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Star ruby (400 gp). Jet (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a green shirt with thin white vertical stripes and blue pants. She has moderate length black hair. Her eyes are likewise white. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears dull tan sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed quarterstaff, just in case. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Ribbles was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He tends to his Blacksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her red crest is greasy and uncared for. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Dragonborn, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Eye agate (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Portia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Portia 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 Portia. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp).