Description: She is in excellent shape and wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. She has moderate length red hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Shamil and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants and is in decent physical shape. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Guard

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a white tunic with green highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes, and is pretty ugly. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. A gifted student she started as a Mason, but she got bored and became a Map Maker. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a fancy yellow suit. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has a hunchback. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Xanaphia 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 Xanaphia. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He got into the Navigator business at a young age. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. He sports a flattop hair cut. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Miller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She wears a brown costume with the symbols of her god on her torso, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'1" when asserting herself. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Dariff is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dariff 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 Dariff. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Justice, Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears baggy white pantaloons and a yellow scarf. She wears her white hair down. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born into a rich family. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. After months of barely getting by, Stacee managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 sp. Malachite (4 gp).