Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a sword on her belt. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born into a rich family. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Anne has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her blonde hair is cut short. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Portia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: White pearl (120 gp). 1 Good lock. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He keeps his long purple hair kept up in a rat tail. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Paymon was born the youngest of three triplets. Paymon 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. Paymon decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and many drow want him driven away

Flaws: Hedonist, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a fancy pastel dress. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her cinnamon fur is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Beast was born the youngest of three triplets. When Beast reached her early adolescence her Tabaxi father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: 6'8" and muscular, this western man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His yellow fur is still thick. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Beast was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with white slacks. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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 a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'1". He prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length red crest. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barkeep for the past few years.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a black collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a pastel scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His copper crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. 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 Brewer. He became a Brewer soon after.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 140 gp. Jasper (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a tan wide-brimmed hat and tan clothes. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. She is baby faced.

Personality: Orla is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Shipwright mother left her crippled. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 900 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp).