Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she tends to wear a violet poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born in the east. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's in love; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she usually wears her white robe and has her lance always slung over her shoulder. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was taken from her home at a very young age. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This woman wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her feathered black hat.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: An older woman who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her silver hair down. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Disease, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her head has been shaved. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. To her fellows she 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: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Banker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 sp. Pink pearl (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He carries a battered axe and tarnished bastard sword as well. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Henry was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). After a long history of fighting, Henry and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To be a Sellsword again.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Wymar was born with his father's beautiful face. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Wymar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Slave. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp. Red spinel (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). Hematite (15 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her black crest is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He has styled his black crest well, parting it to the right. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Mugrunden lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Mugrunden was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Mugrunden decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 60 gp.