Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Ermina 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. Ermina decided she wanted neither the life of her father 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. Being a Barkeep 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 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; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Gomory was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 50 gp. Onyx (80 gp).

Description: This man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 700 sp. Jet (60 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is cut close to his head. His ears are large.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 40. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sage hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and balancing his hectic life and new sage responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: Standing 5'9", this man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has done his best to style his black fur to look like a famous performer. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. 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 was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Seamstress arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. River was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born in the west to a Tanner, Zook learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Tanner. 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. Zook fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She usually wears her black robe and has her kukri always slung over her shoulder. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born into a rich family. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Roofer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Roofer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Engraver again; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a simple tan robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With wild chestnut hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a Painter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Painter but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1900 sp.