Description: A middle-aged man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze, and is pretty ugly. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Theren was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Beggar. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a flail on his belt, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Soapmaker. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

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

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). 5 Acid flasks. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears bulky violet painted plate armor, marred by teas. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born into a rich family. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Hunter. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She wears her white crest down. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Jheri was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when she was still a young child. The gnolls captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. She wears her black fur up. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Barber arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a brown scarf. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Trym was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Fortune-teller. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 60 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She likes to wear grey tank tops with brown skirt. Her golden hair is braided into rings. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Detective for hire.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1600 sp. 8 Acid flasks.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He wears his copper crest up. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a Mercenary first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Dazzazn was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 sp.