Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She wears a colorful flower in her black hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Mercenary arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 4000 cp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'11". She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her tied-back hair is white. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Eleanor grew up listening to her father's many stories. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 120 gp. Star ruby (600 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Black opal (600 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He has a very tight haircut. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 50 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She carries a battered mace and tarnished lance as well. Her black hair is still thick. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Military, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born to a Cartwright, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Unemployed hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Cartwright they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Unemployed, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a unemployed and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and blue handkerchief worn on her right side. She has wavy white hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. 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, Mardnab is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's in love; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 13000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Therai hails from a village terrorized by drow. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Therai alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He tends to his Carpenter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Job, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is renowned for her bright red dresses and hats. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. She is baby faced.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Verna was born with her father's beautiful face. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Being a Painter kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Emotional, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His head has been shaved. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 sp. 4 Antitoxin.