Description: This late middle aged woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look and is in decent physical shape. Her black hair is thinning but still full. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Symma was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sailor. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Bonds: Guardian, Job, Mentor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This light-skinned female has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Alice has worked very hard to control her curse. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Sard (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering his clean studded leather. He keeps his long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in the west to a Cartwright, Ethereal learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: PTSD, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her gold crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Mundane, Fearful, Depressed. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and blue handkerchief worn on his right side. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her blue crest, when down, is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His tied-back hair is silver. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Everard was born with his father's beautiful face. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: An older woman who dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a red coat with green slacks, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her black hair down. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.