Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears baggy blue pantaloons and a red scarf. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Ranala was born with her mother's beautiful face. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Mortician for hire.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His crest is white and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: Money/treasure; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 8000 gp.

Description: This man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his brown hair down. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a great chef.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Oren was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; 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: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears just a red suit. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is black and curly. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Vani hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. 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: She wants revenge against gnolls; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When Dentratha reached her early adolescence her Dragonborn father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is content; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 5000 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Juliana hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2000 pp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Jade (140 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Gifted from a young age, Yebe studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Yebe took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Beggar for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 pp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Jasper (70 gp).