Description: She is in excellent shape and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her golden hair is long and unkept. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 8000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 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.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her scarlet crest is thinning but still full. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and doesn't want to be a shoemaker and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2000 pp. Tourmaline (150 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Rose (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Nogu was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She tends to her Mercenary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Job, In love. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Sard (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Sard (40 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears her gold crest down. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. 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 in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mercenary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (10000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Guard arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Guard work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Dyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Sard (40 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a black collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Puyet hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the north were limited. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 700 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this northern man wears a fancy black suit. He has done his best to style his white crest to look like a famous performer. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 8000 gp. Red spinel (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.