Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her dark red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are black.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 8000 sp. Malachite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Zâthra 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 writing. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Bethrynna was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. His white hair is cut short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born in the north. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Emotional, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: 3'0" and muscular, this southern woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with white slacks. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Unemployed business.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a grey collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. With wild chestnut hair. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. 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 is content; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Disease, Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'3". He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Cartwright business.

History: Krûk hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cartwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 17000 cp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull blue iron scale mail. She has moderate length blue crest. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and revenge

Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Slave, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 340 gp.