Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her crest is green and curly. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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 brigands, the young Hethress began to lead the lost caravan. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: A small bag of saffron. (100 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. She has slicked back red hair. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. 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: Born in the south to a Banker, Galiena learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A freak accident while working with her Adventurer mother left her crippled. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is greedy; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Mortician like his mother before him.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. With wild white hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Masseuse business.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her childhood dream was to be a Carter, but she was a colossal failure. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Masseuse for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 80 gp. White pearl (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shield, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. A gifted student he started as a Jeweler, but he got bored and became a Masseuse. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'0" and wears a fancy black suit. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is purple, silky, and of moderate length. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He takes great joy in being the best Detective in town.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Detective. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 sp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has shaved her head bald. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Keyleth isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Interpreter. She became a Interpreter soon after.

Motivation: To be a Body Guard again; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it, and carries ceremonial daggers. Her black fur is still thick. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Jade hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Jade was born the youngest of three triplets. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has wavy blonde hair. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1900 sp. 4 Antitoxin.