Description: This slender woman stands about 3'11". She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Oriff lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 25000 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears long strands of opal and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His bronze crest is singed and shortened. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her silver eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gifted student she started as a Interpreter, but she got bored and became a Courier. She became a Courier soon after.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Slave, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His fur is black and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a Mayor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. A friendly and beautiful Tabaxi, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Trail was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 60 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. Her auburn hair is well kept. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she likes to wear green tank tops with white skirt. She wears a colorful flower in her gold crest. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 8 Acid flasks. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'11". He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and his gloved hand is found clutching a flail. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are blue.

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 does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is a Metallic Dragon in disguise. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 9000 cp. White pearl (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a worn and beaten armor. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born in the north. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses like a well dressed Guard does. His fur is lavender, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Aura was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He struck the Guard job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 9000 cp. A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Silk rope.