Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'5" when asserting herself. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Bendoo will drive conversation. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Bendoo lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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 is a Jackalwere in disguise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a black tunic with grey highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Andram is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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. Being a Cartwright kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 30 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She usually wears her blue robe and has her quarterstaff always slung over her shoulder. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Breena hails from a village terrorized by drow. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many drow want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3 Holy water.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pikar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a Performer, her father struggled to pay the bills. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Calcitro speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 150 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and longbows. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Koth was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To end his boredom; 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: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 cp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it, and he perpetually has his kukri ready. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 10 pp.