Description: This woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her left hand. Her hair is black and curly. Her eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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 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 has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze, and carries whips. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Banker. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Banker for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a ploughman again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Lezre wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... 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 Stylist business at a young age. After coming to the age of reason, Lezre took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she's in love

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has no hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Andraste grew up listening to her father's many stories. Andraste 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. Andraste decided she wanted neither the life of her father 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. 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: She desires power and/or immortality; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 cp. Golden pearl (150 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Tanner but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears dull red sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed dagger, just in case. Her golden hair is lengthy. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. 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: Nedda hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying east to reunite her family. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears dull white sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and 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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 70 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. He has done his best to style his beige fur to look like a famous performer. His skin is flawless and his copper eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Jade is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 Body Guard. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Body Guard.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is mildly Human supremacist, though he does not identify as such. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp.