Description: This southern woman is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on her right side. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Tailor 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 south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Has a crush, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'3". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her white hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born in a small island village. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Selfish. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Alex was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: He wears a green vest and prefers red and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His silver crest is still thick. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was born in a small island village. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he's in love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 150 gp. Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His head has been shaved. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: The child of a Herbalist, who enjoyed hunting, Vlorn was taken on many hunting expeditions. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to protect his home

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 sp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. His tied-back hair is chestnut. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a great chef.

History: Enialis was born with his mother's beautiful face. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, grey shirt, and yellow tie. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Salasar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has achieved small success as a Guard.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and 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

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 sp.