Description: This slender woman stands about 5'5". She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ahlyssa grew up listening to her mother's many stories. A gifted student she started as a Apothecary, but she got bored and became a Cook. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Baker. She wears her white crest up. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 sp. Rose (40 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes. and is in decent physical shape. She has slicked back silver hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 59. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the west. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she likes to wear tan tank tops with yellow skirt. Her golden hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a Hunter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Meena hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has worked as a Hunter like her father before her.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 cp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a yellow armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her black hair is singed and shortened. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Marshal. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Marshal. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A freak accident while working with her Bather mother left her crippled. After a long history of fighting, Meriele and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 10 pp. Amber (80 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. His red hair is knotted and matted. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature ceremonial dagger.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 600 sp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His ears are large.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rael 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 Rael. Being a Mercenary kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.