Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Heather hails from a village terrorized by orcs. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Howard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Howard 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 Howard. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Opinionated, Joker. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Hourglass. 1 Silk rope. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his blonde hair down. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his feathered white hat.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 5000 cp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Guy grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His white hair is knotted and matted. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Guy was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. 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 doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a falchion on her belt. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At a young age her mother died while driving off some drow. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in falchion use. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 58. 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 uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Carpenter arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She struck the Carpenter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her 19th 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull violet iron scale mail. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp.