Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with pastel colored cloaks and clothing. Her lavender fur is braided into rings. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Spring alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Her blue hair is heavily combed to the right. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This northern woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and balancing her hectic life and new mercenary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 6000 sp. Pink pearl (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Adam speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. 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: Money/treasure; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears professional attire. She keeps her green crest in a pixie cut. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Havilar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears professional attire. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. 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 raised in a forest tribe. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. She has shaved her head bald. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: Quelenna is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is an amazing painter.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He carries with him a set of monstrous two handed axes on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She stands about 4'9" and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Rock crystal (70 gp).