Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Scribe hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a pastel shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His red fur is thinning but still full. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Shivering was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Moss agate (10 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she very much looks the part of a Shoemaker. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born in a small forest village. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Hematite (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. His white hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is greedy

Flaws: Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a yellow costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Elves in Claira's homeland. Claira decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 14000 gp. Amber (110 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Through the years after Rosalind was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Rosalind's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Rosalind and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Rose (40 gp). Jade (150 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Sard (40 gp). Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp). Jade (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Onyx (40 gp).