Description: 5'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has worked as a Engraver like his mother before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has styled her blue hair well, parting it to the left. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady black eyes.

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. The war was a terrible time for her, and Pyra does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1500 gp. Banded agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is short and silver. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This woman prefers to wear flannel. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Mardred speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Mardred was born with her mother's beautiful face. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a tight pastel one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her cinnamon fur is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a fancy white dress. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Murgen was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Tanner. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is an epitome of beauty. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 600 gp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to protect her home

Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Guardian, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he 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. His bronze crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are red.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is an amazing painter.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp. Zircon (40 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.