Description: This slender woman stands about 2'10". She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Family, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a yellow coat. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and 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

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. 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: Born in the west to a Fisher, Nyx learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She tends to her Fisher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is golden and very short. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. 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 gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red crest. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a hunchback. His red crest is unkempt and raggedy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Patrin hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Masseuse hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Map Maker. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His half smiles and black eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Chem is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Chem was born with his mother's beautiful face. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Chem took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up club and armor he uses now. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and money/treasure

Flaws: Depressed, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He wears his brown hair up. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are white.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: He is a Maurezhi in disguise. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. He has a hunchback. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. He has black eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Being a Body Guard 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: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a simple green robe with red stripes complete with hood. She keeps her white crest in a pixie cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Blacksmith profession.

History: She got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, goblins burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying west to reunite her family. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Blacksmith again.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Banded mail.