Description: She wears a simple black robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly kukris and scythes. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She hates Dragonborns with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Aasathra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aasathra 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 Aasathra. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He carries a battered scythe and tarnished shield as well. His red hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Fisher arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. Her golden hair is long and unkept. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ridaro was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a spear on her belt. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Stacee fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She wears a violet collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'3" when asserting herself. Her tied-back hair is red. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Body Guard business.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; 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: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3 Antitoxin.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. 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: He is content; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 gp. Zircon (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an entirely grey suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Anbera isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. She takes great joy in being the best Engraver in town.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Anbera was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has achieved small success as a Engraver.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She is portly but not overly obese. Her silver crest is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Sage arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

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 is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is black and very short. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Manea enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 80 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp).