Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Baker. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Anastrianna lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Baker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Baker work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has taken up work as a Baker and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Family, Job, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and he perpetually has his sword ready. His hair is long and silver with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. His crest is gold, silky, and of moderate length. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Adventurer profession.

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. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new spy responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 140 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is typically in her Unemployed uniform. She has done her best to style her scarlet crest to look like a famous performer. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has worked as a Unemployed like her mother before her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and expand her business

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: 6'6" and muscular, this northern woman dresses like a well dressed Performer does. Her bronze crest, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Verin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Animal Trainer. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her halberd with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'7" when asserting herself. She has shaved her head bald. She is baby faced.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Beatrice was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she usually wears her yellow robe and has her warhammer always slung over her shoulder. Her silver hair is well kept. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 110 gp. Deep green spinel (140 gp).