Description: This eastern woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her axe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is short and auburn. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Riswynn was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Sculptor. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 9000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp).

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is physically well-built. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Gifted from a young age, Skak studied abroad. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shield with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Born to a Tailor, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Gurdis was born on a far eastern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Herbalist. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 17000 gp. Fire opal (1000 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Coral (90 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a long, brown cloak. His brown fur is singed and shortened. His eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Art was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. After a long history of fighting, Art and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2200 pp. Black pearl (1500 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Sard (40 gp). White pearl (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is braided into rings. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Grigi was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Knight. After a long history of fighting, Grigi and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 900 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 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: Runty and weak-looking, she is wearing a long, violet cloak. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Ida abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 6000 gp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Jade (100 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a warhammer on her belt. She has a hunchback. Her silver hair is well kept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Maiathah was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Maiathah fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 11000 gp. Rose (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).