Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has styled her gray fur well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Cloak enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Cloak was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Layabout. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Tarhun was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with his old friends

Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Malachite (16 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Morgran was born with his mother's beautiful face. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Slave Trader. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 sp. Coral (130 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. 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. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Silaqui alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Logical, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Hematite (13 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'0" and wears a green collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to 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 to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. Her white hair is lengthy. Her eyes are white and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Bune was born the youngest of three triplets. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. She struck the Masseuse job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed grey hat.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Born to a Fortune-teller, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and many gnolls want her driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a club on his belt. He has moderate length black hair. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 360 gp.