Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'1" when asserting himself. He has moderate length black hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Tarak's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Tarak was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Lazy, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is wearing a tight violet one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. After months of barely getting by, Margery 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: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Everburning torch.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a very tight haircut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Griselda was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Bertram was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Insane, Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her fur is white and curly. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. 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: Shadow hails from a village terrorized by drow. A freak accident while working with her Doctor mother left her crippled. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it, and is pretty ugly. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Jo speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Sailor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a brown shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and brown pants. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He 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. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears baggy blue pantaloons and a yellow scarf and is in decent physical shape. His hair is short and blonde. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Fisher business.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 4 Acid flasks.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Fenriz enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 50 pp.