Description: This woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

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. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When Ranala reached her early adolescence her Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ranala fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'3". She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has dyed her greying white crest a little too much giving a sharp white color. She is baby faced.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born into a rich family. 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 was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Guardian. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Onyx (20 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a green coat with black slacks. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She got into the Bowyer business at a young age. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bowyer. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has wavy red hair. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Thoradin 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. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). 1 Disguise kit.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Gardener father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He keeps his long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. His yellow eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson brown hat.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Through the years after Dynamic was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Dynamic's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Lorilla was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Lorilla decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Merchant kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 250 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 3 Thunderstones.