Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She keeps her silver crest in a pixie cut. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Farideh 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 Farideh. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She's in love; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Has a crush. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 50 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries a battered whip and tarnished trident as well. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Gifted from a young age, Thamior studied abroad. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bookbinder and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Jet (120 gp).

Description: She wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her brown fur, when down, is lengthy. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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 harsh and unforgiving.

History: Fragrant hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is typically in her Baker uniform. Her tied-back hair is black. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

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 lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Baker for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He wears just a white suit. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is white and curly. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Tanner arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'8". He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather, and his gloved hand is found clutching a morningstar. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 140 gp. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull black iron scale mail. She has a hunchback. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Sarah fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, yellow shirt, and brown tie. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Hunter profession.

History: Xanaphia was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has worked as a Sellsword like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a brown coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. She wears her lavender fur down. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.