Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Volen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Cook work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cook work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Cook job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He carries with him a set of scimitars, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Gardain was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 4000 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 (40 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Spy. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spy for the past few years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 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 (60 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a tan shirt with thin white vertical stripes and tan pants. She has slicked back blonde hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Nissa is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a ruler and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 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.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has slicked back golden hair. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Falkrunn took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has never given up on her music dream.

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

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Jade (140 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Rose (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Jade (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears skinny pants and wears a black and red robe with the hood down. She has done her best to style her blue hair to look like a famous performer. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 79. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 18000 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Citrine (30 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Jade (100 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scimitar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Ahvain hails from a village terrorized by giants. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Sard (60 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Coral (90 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Citrine (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.