Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a blue shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Bonds: Religious, Rich, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a fancy black suit. His crest is brass, silky, and of moderate length. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a fancy black dress. She has wavy brown hair. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 5000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Baker father left him crippled. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Moss agate (5 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Jet (160 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Rose (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Jade (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears bulky violet painted plate armor. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 pp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Jasper (30 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Rose (30 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Pink diamond (8000 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her broad red hat.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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 Mercenary. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Mercenary and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a cartwright again

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 6000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.