Description: She is in excellent shape and wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her purple hair, when down, is lengthy. Her black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Gifted from a young age, Astaro studied abroad. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears blue trousers with black and pastel striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Masseuse who has hired her part-time. She works hard and plays hard.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: An older woman who wears tattered old clothes, she is not a threatening figure. Sporting a chestnut mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She got into the Painter business at a young age. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a carpenter again

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a grey costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a white shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and black pants. He has shaved his head bald. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears bulky tan painted plate armor. He has no hair. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He hates Gnomes with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Boddynock was born the youngest of three triplets. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her falchion with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is white and curly. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, 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 born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 260 gp. Amber (100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 6'0", this man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Bork's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Bork was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Knight. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 340 gp.