Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has wavy chestnut hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Veloptima fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She very much looks the part of a Dilettante. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a brown shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and white pants. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Layabout for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her crest, while still mostly copper, has prominent grey streaks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: 6'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his rusty crest down. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Beggar. He has achieved small success as a Beggar.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears her silver crest down. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Hethress was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears baggy green pantaloons and a black scarf. Her black crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Nala was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Brewer. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His purple hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Selfish. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.