Description: She stands about 5'1" and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her black hair is still thick. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Gifted from a young age, Avelina studied abroad. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Being a Shepherd kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a white coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She usually wears her grey robe and has her quarterstaff always slung over her shoulder, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'1" when asserting herself. She has wavy red hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting orcs, the young Agnes began to lead the lost caravan. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 90 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and carries crossbows. With wild black hair. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Andry enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Andry liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 360 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She keeps her long black fur kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and grey robe with the hood down. Her beige fur is smooth and relatively long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is an amazing painter.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. After coming to the age of reason, Spring took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He stands about 4'2" and wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She is portly but not overly obese. Her copper crest is heavily combed to the left. She has red eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Assassin work with an outfit from a few towns over. Assassin work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Slave, Job, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He tends to wear a large black jacket. He is physically well-built. His blue crest is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

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. Direcris was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Guard. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: 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: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.