Description: An older woman who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), she is not a threatening figure. She sports a flattop hair cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Cumpen was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Cumpen abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Jade (140 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her black crest is braided into rings. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arava fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and green tie. His hair is chestnut and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Pelaios was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Courier.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and to be a miner again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp. 2 Smokesticks. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Carpenter. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her white crest is heavily combed to the right. 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 believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Burana was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Burana 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 hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears baggy white pantaloons and a green scarf. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Hamil was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Hamil decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Healer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her silver hair is still thick. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 90 gp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His red hair is cut short. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 sp. Tourmaline (160 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ronwe will drive conversation. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 310 gp.