Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a fancy grey suit. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Oskar hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered dire rats who tried to eat his hand. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Unemployed for hire.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 220 gp.

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. His hair is long and silver with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Locksmith. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. Her auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bardryn studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Bardryn took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She wears a simple grey robe with green stripes complete with hood. She wears her silver hair up. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. A friendly and beautiful Human, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Through the years after Alice was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Alice's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is content

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: White pearl (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has moderate length black hair. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Silaqui has worked very hard to control her curse. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is dressed in an above average manner. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. 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 Priest. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and balancing her hectic life and new priest responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.