Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She wears her silver hair up. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Akta was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Unemployed. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature falchion.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. She carries with her a set of monstrous two handed axes on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. Her red crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Furrele fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Sard (20 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries a battered hammer and tarnished spear as well. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is short and golden. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

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 is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 9000 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Amber (160 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Sard (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Sard (30 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with green slacks. She has a very tight haircut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Balifra is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden pearl (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Rose (30 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He takes great joy in being the best Laborer in town.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Map Maker again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Amber (130 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Rose (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Coral (130 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a worn and beaten armor, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Guardian, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Blue quartz (7 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Malachite (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.