Description: A moderately attractive woman, she usually wears her blue robe and has her sickle always slung over her shoulder. With wild silver hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her childhood dream was to be a Stylist, but she was a colossal failure. She struck the Spice Merchant job and began her own company from there.

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

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He stands about 5'3" and wears a tan coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in the east. Aelar was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Locksmith. After a long history of fighting, Aelar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her purple hair is thinning but still full. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Sorath 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 Sorath. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

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 possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Brewer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he very much looks the part of a Herbalist. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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. 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 Herbalist. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His white hair is singed and shortened. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Târz was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Târz decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Moss agate (13 gp).

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shields and kukris. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. The war was a terrible time for her, and Lidda does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 18000 sp. Moss agate (14 gp).

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He carries with him a set of longswords on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Manfred lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Manfred was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Manfred decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants, and carries shortbows. His tied-back hair is brown. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Vlorn was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Vlorn decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).