Description: She is lean but muscular and wears blue trousers with brown and red striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Abalaba was raised in a hard working conservative environment. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Fortune-teller for hire.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful, Racist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with tan slacks. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Healer. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Healer.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again.

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, In love. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear flannel. She sports a flattop fur cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in the south. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is long and black with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Gimgen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Performer and was forced into it by his family; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 80 gp. Jade (120 gp).

Description: He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his longbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Garl was born the youngest of three triplets. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Smoky quartz (40 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. She wears her auburn hair up. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a simple white robe with grey stripes complete with hood. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Born to a Unemployed, her father struggled to pay the bills. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She carries with her a set of longbows on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. Her hair is white and very short. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Balifra hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and is pretty ugly. He wears his blonde hair up. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Vanuath and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. Red garnet (160 gp). 3 Antitoxin.