Description: This tall, slender woman wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Bella was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and carries halberds. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Emerald was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Assassin. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 14000 gp. Coral (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Coral (110 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Rose (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Malachite (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Miller arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he has a crush on the local baker

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: She wears dull white sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed ceremonial dagger, just in case. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Bricklayer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She worked as a nervous Bricklayer and found it very stressful. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bricklayer responsibilities is difficult; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). White opal (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he dresses like a well dressed Marshal does. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. Burto is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He tends to his Marshal job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1200 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a simple tan robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Religious, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with yellow slacks. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She tends to her Bricklayer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 pp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.