Description: She is a husky woman, who wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Masseuse but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

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

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, marred by beers. She wears her blonde hair down. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Seamstress arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Seamstress. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 150 gp. Jade (130 gp). 2 Smokesticks.

Description: She wears professional attire, and carries hand crossbows. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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 has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'10". She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a longbow on her belt. Her golden hair is braided into rings. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Gifted from a young age, Herleva studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Eye agate (11 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a brown shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and brown pants, and is pretty ugly. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sculptor. He's also a talented Painter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 sp. Coral (100 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is red, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. Her hair is short and chestnut. She has green eyes and a grey hat with a red feather.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 sp. Amethyst (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 5'4", this woman is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 20 gp. Rose (40 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She keeps her auburn hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Nurkara hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Nurkara alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Nurkara was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His head has been shaved. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the east were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 120 gp.