Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small tan clips. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Orla was born with her mother's beautiful face. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Apothecary. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 7000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Shamil 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. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Shamil alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears dull yellow sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed morningstar, just in case. Her white hair is long and unkept. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: The child of a Carter, who enjoyed hunting, Eleanor was taken on many hunting expeditions. Eleanor abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson violet hat.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her 16th 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 now owns her own business.

Motivation: To be a Sculptor again; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: White pearl (40 gp).

Description: He wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Unemployed work with an outfit from a few towns over. Unemployed work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Unemployed for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 110 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp). 3 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Qualen was born with his father's beautiful face. Qualen was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Navigator. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Being a Blacksmith kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 80 gp.