Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has moderate length blonde hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'6" and wears a blue deerstalker hat and blue clothes. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Cumpen was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Deep green spinel (90 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a fancy yellow dress. With bright chestnut hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is a great chef.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. She bought a sickle and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull tan iron scale mail. She is physically well-built. Her hair is short and silver. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Courier born in the past three hundred years. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born in the east. She worked as a nervous Courier and found it very stressful. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 cp. Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. With bright golden hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Interpreter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines black.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Junk Dealer, but she got bored and became a Soapmaker. She has achieved small success as a Soapmaker.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Soapmaker responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He stands about 6'8" and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His crest is copper and curly. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Coral (50 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a blue broad hat and blue clothes. His hair is blonde and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'4" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Gifted from a young age, Traki studied abroad. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Traki alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp).