Description: Standing 6'4", this woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her silver crest is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has moderate length chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has worked as a Fortune-teller like her father before her.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2100 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her white crest is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Dentratha was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gifted student she started as a Fortune-teller, but she got bored and became a Performer. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, brown cloak. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 210 pp. Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears bulky white painted plate armor. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She is physically well-built. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Cumpen 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. Cumpen 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 Cumpen. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and to protect his home

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Silver pearl (150 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: Elysande is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Elysande is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying east to reunite her family. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 5000 cp. Tourmaline (140 gp).