Description: She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly morningstars and whips. Her hair is short and auburn. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a fancy pastel suit. He wears his lavender fur up. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears skinny pants and wears a violet and grey robe with the hood down. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Theren was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. During his travels, Theren and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Theren discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Theren fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a Mercenary first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Thiala enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She got into the Mercenary business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Mercenary. She became a Mercenary soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. To his fellows he 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: Born in the west to a Tailor, Nim learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has achieved small success as a Tailor.

Motivation: He is greedy; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 20 pp. Banded agate (14 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is typically in his Unemployed uniform. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Caeldrim is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Unemployed for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp. Moonstone (40 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a tan shirt, with a white mid length skirt with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a Jeweler, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Carpenter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Carpenter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She became a Carpenter soon after.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Carpenter responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1600 sp. Moonstone (20 gp). Coral (40 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shield with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the left. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

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 is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He got into the Knight business at a young age. Bhevek abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He got into the Herbalist business at a young age. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 sp.