Description: She wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly warhammers and nunchakus. She has brown hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mara 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 Mara. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 40 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. His crest is black and curly. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to be a scribe again

Flaws: Terse, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this western woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She stands about 6'0" and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Sorath was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Cartwright, but she got bored and became a Stylist. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Stylist for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 60 gp. Citrine (60 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His ears are large.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gerald studied abroad. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He has worked as a Courier like his father before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 120 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears baggy green pantaloons and a red scarf. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery, and is pretty ugly. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Mella isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Mella was born the youngest of three triplets. 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's also a talented Mortician, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Jo wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She also has developed a complete distrust of the Cartwright profession.

History: Born in the south to a Priest, Jo learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. 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's also a talented Cartwright, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Cartwright again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a hunchback. His red hair is knotted and matted. His ears are large.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the east to a Spy, Eiravel learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Spy 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 feels threatened by others; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Good lock.