Description: This slender man stands about 4'2". He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Weaver kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 22000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: An older man who wears a black coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. The war was a terrible time for him, and Zûmug does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: The child of a Apothecary, who enjoyed hunting, Zûmug was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: An older woman who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a colorful flower in her bronze crest. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Hillanot was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Butcher; and to reunite with her old friends

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is white and very short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Scribe business.

History: Xappan was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull tan iron scale mail, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'9" when asserting herself. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She got into the Map Maker business at a young age. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and balancing her hectic life and new map maker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. She has a hunchback. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Panana hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a simple brown robe with black stripes complete with hood. Her hair is short and white. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Adelaide 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. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Doctor they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Seamstress, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Banded mail.