Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a simple brown robe with black stripes complete with hood. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Jade (100 gp). Rose (20 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished man is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 pp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and carries flails. His dark red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Barakas speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. To his fellows he 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents were killed by drow in a raid when he was still a young child. The drow captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 5000 gp. Fire opal (1200 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears an entirely blue suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her hair is brown and curly. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. 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: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 5000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She works hard and plays hard.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 5000 gp. Onyx (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Amber (130 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears an entirely tan suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Carlin took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 5000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He carries with him a set of lances, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Azaki 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 several months after his father was called into army service. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1100 pp. Black pearl (700 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Peridot (70 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Iolite (70 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Jade (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.