Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a black broad hat and black clothes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His copper crest is unkempt and raggedy. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Shamash speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1400 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: This woman wears baggy red pantaloons and a violet scarf, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has wavy silver hair. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 9000 gp. White pearl (150 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has done her best to style her yellow fur to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in the west to a Carter, River learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 9000 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 5000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. Her golden hair is still thick. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Alice lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student she started as a Spy, but she got bored and became a Carpenter. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 5000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears an entirely grey suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Mercenary profession.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 pp. 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 is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. She has a hunchback. Her hair is long and black with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small tan clips. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Ella's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a shoemaker and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp).