Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'8". He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has moderate length white hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: This eastern man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his brown hair up. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a Map Maker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'7" when asserting herself. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. 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 was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Dyer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: White pearl (110 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman very much looks the part of a Healer. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Healer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Healer responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Hedonist, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'4". She wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A freak accident while working with her Bather father left her crippled. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Silk rope. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Black star sapphire (700 gp).