Description: This late middle aged woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Theirastra hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered gnolls who tried to eat her hand. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Theirastra was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has brown hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. She bought a bow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 3'3" and wears a tan shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. With wild white hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a Ruler first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She takes great joy in being the best Ruler in town.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She struck the Ruler job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Bonds: Job, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a simple blue robe with green stripes complete with hood. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a Assassin first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dayereth 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 Dayereth. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Assassin.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 cp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp).

Description: She wears just a brown suit, and she perpetually has her shield ready. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Jacoba lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jacoba fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Barber

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

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: This woman is dressed in an above average manner, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Pyntle's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Map Maker but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Pyntle has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 290 gp.