Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a fancy red dress. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the left. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'6" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is still thick. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born to a Adventurer, his father struggled to pay the bills. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Kipper and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). After a long history of fighting, Stacee and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 300 sp. Blue quartz (16 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has blonde hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

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. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Wiggan 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. Wiggan decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Andraste alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears just a brown suit. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. 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 spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to reunite with his old friends

Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 350 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is blonde and curly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He got into the Hunter business at a young age. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1 Good lock.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His silver crest is matted, messy, and big. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he's in love

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a brown tunic with blue highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. To her fellows she 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: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1400 sp.