Description: She stands about 5'5" and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. She wears an eyepatch.

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 a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Astaro studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 100 gp. Banded agate (10 gp). 2 Smokesticks.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her white hair is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly daggers and longbows. She wears her brown hair down. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson blue hat.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. After a long history of fighting, Antinua and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He very much looks the part of a Stylist. His white hair is still thick. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. Gûndza is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He got into the Stylist business at a young age. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mercenary they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Stylist, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a hunchback. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Guard. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Guard.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 cp. Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and violet handkerchief worn on his left side. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: He got into the Mason business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Mason and found it very stressful. 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: To reunite with his absent mother; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a fancy yellow suit. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed mace, just in case. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. She has a very tight haircut. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. The war was a terrible time for her, and Merla does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

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. She married young, but lost her spouse to orcs. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 360 gp.