Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and very much looks the part of a Assassin. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has no hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. A gifted student he started as a Carpenter, but he got bored and became a Assassin. He struck the Assassin job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new assassin responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With bright golden hair. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Helen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 pp. White opal (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Jet (40 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He wears his silver hair up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Rose (60 gp). Brown diamond (6000 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: She wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. She has no fur. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Masseuse. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Masseuse.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Barrister; and balancing her hectic life and new masseuse responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 pp. Tourmaline (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Blue diamond (6000 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Jet (120 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Hematite (11 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Nalaed was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Blacksmith. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Jade (130 gp). Rose (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her mace, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Carter arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A freak accident while working with her Dilettante mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (8000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp).