Description: This western woman wears an entirely pastel suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Shivering was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Being a Assassin 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: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is blue and very short. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are silver.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Shava hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. With wild brown hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; 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

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She stands about 2'11" and has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull blue iron scale mail, and is pretty ugly. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

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. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Pacifist, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears a grey coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length white hair. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dragonborn companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: To protect her home; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 sp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). 7 Acid flasks.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fortune-teller. His hair is auburn and very short. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Akoth was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Fortune-teller. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

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 works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.