Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Barbena lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 360 gp. Malachite (14 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'5". She wears tattered old clothes. Her silver hair is well kept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Arara hails from a village terrorized by drow. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Arara was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 120 gp. Iolite (30 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears just a tan suit. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Galinndan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Miller, but he got bored and became a Junk Dealer. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. She is baby faced.

Personality: Jarana hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born into a rich family. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her ears are large.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Anne was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Religious, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 150 pp.

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 rusty crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is baby faced.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. 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. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Fax fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is short and purple. Her fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp. Red spinel (140 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She keeps her red fur in a pixie cut. Her yellow eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Two Llamas abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Ruler for the past few years.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 sp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a green coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head, and carries whips. He keeps his long rusty crest kept up in a rat tail. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 70 gp.