Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull red iron scale mail. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. 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 Assassin arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Sarah was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Sarah's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 9000 cp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Sarai isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She bought a whip and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 sp. Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a worn and beaten armor. He has wavy golden hair. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Clerebold embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When Clerebold reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shipwright who has hired her part-time. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Kabbarg was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 cp. Sard (80 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Cressel lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Skoth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Skoth grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Skoth. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 cp. Malachite (5 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She wears a white broad hat and white clothes. She has a hunchback. Her red hair is lengthy. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. 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: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his spear, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His hair is auburn and very short. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Armorer born in the past three hundred years. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Bonds: Job, Family, Military, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3200 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 70 gp.