Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has no crest. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Jheri was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Herbalist. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 310 gp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her brass crest is braided into rings. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Nala is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barber. He's also a talented Crown-heir, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 260 gp. Pink pearl (70 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a yellow shirt with thin black vertical stripes and pastel pants. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Vicky was born with her mother's beautiful face. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He carries a battered ceremonial dagger and tarnished axe as well. His hair is dark red, silky, and of moderate length. His silver eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson black hat.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Tanner born in the past three hundred years. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Oriax was born with his father's beautiful face. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, 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 ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Tanner for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 10 pp. Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'2" and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Helen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 sp. Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His red crest is still thick. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Nadarr was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: 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 bronze crest is heavily combed to the right. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Miner born in the past three hundred years. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Quarethon studied abroad. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Quarethon alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Quarethon was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and many drow want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Bloodstone (80 gp).