Description: She dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She is physically well-built. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Mardnab has worked very hard to control her curse. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This northern woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She sports brown long hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Helen grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Helen. After a long history of fighting, Helen and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 2'8" and wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is violet, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. Her blonde hair is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Being a Soapmaker 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This man wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Bucklal will drive conversation. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears tattered old clothes. Her orange fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. She has green eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Five hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Zircon (70 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is typically in his Bather uniform. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His childhood dream was to be a Apothecary, but he was a colossal failure. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 40 gp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a simple violet robe with green stripes complete with hood. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She struck the Healer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. Erky is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Erky took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He struck the Shipwright job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Locksmith. Her white hair is cut short. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Bella speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).