Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has no hair. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Detective for the past few years.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 6000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears an entirely white suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her red hair is still thick. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Scribe. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Scribe arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When Ekk reached her early adolescence her Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is greedy

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and pastel handkerchief worn on her left side. She has red crest. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 8000 gp. Red garnet (150 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Coral (150 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Sard (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Jade (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Sard (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her kukri with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has wavy white fur. She has copper eyes.

Personality: Gale is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gale studied abroad. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Revenge; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 4'0", this man wears a simple grey robe with black stripes complete with hood. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 11000 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. To her fellows she 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: She comes from a rich northern family. Syllin was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Architect. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her head has been shaved. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 pp. Azurite (10 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Blue diamond (2000 gp). White opal (800 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Peridot (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.