Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears long strands of jet and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. With wild golden hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Engong grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her black hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Architect who has hired her part-time. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Mary was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears baggy green pantaloons and a white scarf. He wears a colorful flower in his silver crest. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a violet shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Impulsive, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has shaved her head bald. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Tawar is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Tawar was born with her mother's beautiful face. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This malnourished woman prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. Her blue hair, when down, is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is an amazing painter.

History: Beleth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Tailor again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 sp. Silver pearl (120 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Dean was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'2" and wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Joser was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He bought a lance and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Poor, Military, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a crossbow on her belt. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a Body Guard first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has achieved small success as a Body Guard.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Body Guard responsibilities is difficult; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 60 gp.