Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears tattered old clothes. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Amethyst (70 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Virra studied abroad. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Interpreter. Recently the stress of being a Interpreter has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a brown coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to 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. He married young, but lost his spouse to goblins. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears baggy grey pantaloons and a tan scarf. His hair is auburn and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Reirak and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 160 pp. Amethyst (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Standing 2'8", this woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. With wild blonde hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Mason business.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished sword as well. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. She has hazel eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tomph fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and carries ceremonial daggers. His tied-back hair is auburn. His face is scarred and worn.

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 is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Sellsword arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ur-Masi was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ur-Masi fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'9" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Tim lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Stableman and was forced into it by his family; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a fancy green suit. He has styled his bronze crest well, parting it to the left. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a great chef.

History: Born to a Seamstress, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 sp. 2 Holy water.