Description: She is typically in her Unemployed uniform. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Unemployed. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Unemployed for the past few years.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 11000 gp. Canary diamond (5000 gp). Jade (50 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Jade (50 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Jacinth (5000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears grey trousers with pastel and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. She is baby faced.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She uses divination through singing.

History: She got into the Assassin business at a young age. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a simple grey robe with black stripes complete with hood. She has wavy auburn hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

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 moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is auburn and curly. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Grûblik is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in a small desert village. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His crest is copper and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 6000 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her left hand. Her white hair is cut short. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Emmeline isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Soapmaker for the past few years.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.