Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Fletcher, her mother struggled to pay the bills. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Persistence, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 12000 gp. White pearl (130 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Jet (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a brown shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and violet pants. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Balifra was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 4000 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She tends to wear a violet poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is silver and curly. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Emma's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Slave Trader work with an outfit from a few towns over. Slave Trader work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Slave Trader for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. He has no hair. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Assassin business.

History: He was born in the east. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

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

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a red scarf. His fur is cinnamon and curly. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, River was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gifted student he started as a Slave Trader, but he got bored and became a Body Guard. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again; and balancing his hectic life and new body guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 14000 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Jet (160 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. Her red crest is knotted and matted. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is content

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 6000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a grey vest and prefers brown and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a Sage, her father struggled to pay the bills. Whurdred liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 9000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp).