Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has gray fur. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful, Mundane. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

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. At a young age her mother died while driving off some gnolls. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in bastard sword use. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Silaqui was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 130 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and he wants revenge against goblins

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has red hair. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is dressed in earthy colors with a green and brown handkerchief worn on her left side, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her silver crest is braided into rings. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 99. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Saphara lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is greedy; and balancing her hectic life and new dyer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He wears a green shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Barakas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 40 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. He carries a battered sai and tarnished club as well. His hair is long and golden with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Aust is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Body Guard and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has silver hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp).