Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Halimath was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new adventurer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This late middle aged man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems and is in decent physical shape. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her blue crest is singed and shortened. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Megren was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Megren 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, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp. Onyx (60 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. She has a hunchback. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. 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: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and carries shields. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Frederick was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Fisher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fisher work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Fisher for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 20 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Gennal was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mayor. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Standing 5'0", this man wears a pastel vest and prefers tan and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His cinnamon fur is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Carter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She prefers to wear blue clothing when she does not wear armor. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Duvamil was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Duvamil decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Duvamil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; 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: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 320 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.