Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, blue shirt, and tan tie. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Paela was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bricklayer. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Paela fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Sellsword business.

History: Born to a Sculptor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Muggrish alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he has a crush on the local sculptor

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2300 gp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. She wears her brown hair down. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Glassblower they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Architect, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a black shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and white pants. Her red hair is singed and shortened. This black eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She got into the Bricklayer business at a young age. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Bricklayer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a morningstar on his belt. He is portly but not overly obese. His golden hair is long and unkept. He has blue eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

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 Dwarf in existence. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

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. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has shaved his head bald. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A 5'6" eastern woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She tends to her Bookbinder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears her copper crest up. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Synthrin alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 110 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'0" and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He hates Half-Orcs with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Ogthrak was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Detective. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Minor magic item.