Description: She is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Paela is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. After a long history of fighting, Paela and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Weaver responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Solomon embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His first spouse was a Ruler, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. Her black hair is long and unkept. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Gifted from a young age, Therlin studied abroad. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Therlin alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Hunter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. After coming to the age of reason, Skamos took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 42000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has moderate length white hair. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp).

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is portly but not overly obese. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Bookbinder. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 220 gp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'2". She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by unlife.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 140 gp. White pearl (40 gp).

Description: He wears a pastel small hat and pastel clothes, and carries hammers. His cinnamon fur is matted, messy, and big. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Beast 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 Beast. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 50 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears dull tan sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed scythe, just in case. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Nyx was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Nyx took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up scythe and armor she uses now. She bought a scythe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 31000 sp.