Description: She wears just a black suit. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. 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. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears tattered old clothes. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ishte does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'11" and wears professional attire. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Sellsword born in the past three hundred years. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Eloise grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Eloise. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. He carries with him a set of longswords on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is a great chef.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nirgel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Vassago embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She carries with her a set of tridents on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is a great chef.

History: Nurkara was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nurkara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'6" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She usually wears her violet robe and has her warhammer always slung over her shoulder. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Gardener, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Shamil never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Bonds: In love, Religious, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He very much looks the part of a Stylist. His scarlet crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Crown-heir profession.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp.