Description: This woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. Her tied-back hair is white. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She worked as a nervous Mortician and found it very stressful. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to be a unemployed again

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears an entirely grey suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has no hair. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a green tunic with white highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is blue and very short. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane, Disease. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Violet garnet (400 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Rose (70 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Rose (70 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Canary diamond (7000 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Malachite (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shortbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'5" when asserting himself. He has styled his purple hair well, parting it to the right. He has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1500 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Pink diamond (4000 gp). Alexandrite (900 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She carries with her a set of shortspears, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nora fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 5000 gp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Jasper (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a whip on his belt. He carries with him a set of whips on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His hair is blonde and very short. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He worked as a nervous Actor and found it very stressful. He's also a talented Tanner, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and balancing his hectic life and new actor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.