Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Detective. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Ella wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Ella was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ella decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 160 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. His silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Cairn was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Cairn liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She is typically in her Servant uniform. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. She is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. A gifted student she started as a Bricklayer, but she got bored and became a Servant. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Engraver. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She worked as a nervous Engraver and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Engraver like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1800 sp. Emerald (400 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'4" and wears a blue vest and prefers black and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his broad blue hat.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He bought a flail and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 310 gp. Red spinel (50 gp). Rose (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His crest, while still mostly copper, has prominent grey streaks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: 3'0" and muscular, this eastern woman wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Paela isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a grey tunic with violet highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are green.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

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 parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Eberk was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This light-skinned female wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Lia hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 140 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp).