Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She has moderate length silver hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady white eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Astaro was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'9". She wears a blue tunic with tan highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around her shoes, and her gloved hand is found clutching a rapier. Her hair is white and curly. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants, and she perpetually has her morningstar ready. Her crest is short and copper. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 6000 cp. Zircon (40 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears her auburn hair down. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, PTSD, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 sp. Jet (110 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Through the years after Gennal was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Gennal's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears professional attire. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2100 sp. Jade (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Seamstress hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Knight they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Seamstress, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: This malnourished man prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. His brown hair is cut short. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Odo lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Odo never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, In love. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 500 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).