Description: This woman wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Malachite (16 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. His brown fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Flame has worked very hard to control his curse. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Jade (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has blonde hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born into a rich family. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a nunchaku on his belt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Ûshgol has worked very hard to control his curse. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times, and is pretty ugly. She wears her silver hair down. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Duvamil lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Stableman and was forced into it by her family; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 80 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp).

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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, Syllin is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Syllin was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Coral (150 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a fancy black dress. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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, Nella is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Nella was born the youngest of three triplets. Her first spouse was a Locksmith, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has achieved small success as a Guard.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a tan deerstalker hat and tan clothes. He has brown hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a Mercenary first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Being a Mercenary kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a deep hatred of brigands

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Military, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Gynk was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Spy. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.