Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is red, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her bronze crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Lazy, Insane. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. Her orange fur is knotted and matted. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Being a Bather 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: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a red cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His white hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Courier profession.

History: He was born into a rich family. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 170 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). 4 Antitoxin.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and blue pants. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Ella lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She carries with her a set of crossbows on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her beige fur is smooth and relatively long. She has amber eyes and a brown hat with a blue feather.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Miller 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 Fisher they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Miller, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is content

Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull brown iron scale mail. She carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished warhammer as well. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: Marigold hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. 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. Marigold fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 380 gp.