Description: This younger middle-aged woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull white iron scale mail, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a Gardener first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She got into the Gardener business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Stableman, but she got bored and became a Gardener. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Gardener responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love, Job, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 6000 cp. Zircon (60 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'5" and wears a fancy grey suit. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Fortune-teller father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her white fur is long and unkept. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Red garnet (40 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 is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 80 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her crest is short and blue. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Blendaeth 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 Blendaeth. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). 4 Antitoxin. 3 Holy water.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears brown trousers with grey and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: The child of a Glassblower, who enjoyed hunting, Norman was taken on many hunting expeditions. Through the years after Norman was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Norman's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Norman and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sai, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. 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 Assassin. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Her childhood dream was to be a Banker, but she was a colossal failure. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Crown-heir for the past few years.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She carries with her a set of scimitars on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her black fur is knotted and matted. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 6000 cp.