Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with brown slacks. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has no hair. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. 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: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A freak accident while working with her Shepherd mother left her crippled. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Disease, PTSD. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. She wears her black hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ella was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Verna was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Verna decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Obsidian (11 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and tan handkerchief worn on her right side. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she usually wears her green robe and has her glaive always slung over her shoulder. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ishte does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Tourmaline (140 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears tattered old clothes. His green crest is smooth and relatively long. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. She has shaved her head bald. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting gnolls, the young Rosalind began to lead the lost caravan. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 240 gp. Deep green spinel (110 gp). Amber (110 gp).