Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 190 gp. Amber (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His bronze crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He takes great joy in being the best Gardener in town.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He's also a talented Jeweler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 500 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: He wears a tan costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Azurite (7 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who is dressed in an above average manner. Her hair is golden and curly. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This dark-skinned female is dressed in earthy colors with a red and white handkerchief worn on her left side. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her golden hair is well kept. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Eida is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she wants revenge against illithids

Bonds: Job, Family, Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 900 sp. Jasper (20 gp). White pearl (160 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her yellow fur in a pixie cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her childhood dream was to be a Ploughman, but she was a colossal failure. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Doctor for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Doctor responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His bronze crest 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 gold.

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 used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. 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: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 40 pp.