Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a green coat with tan slacks. Her hair is brown and very short. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: This southern woman is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has slicked back golden hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Tordrid was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: She wears baggy green pantaloons and a grey scarf, and she perpetually has her ceremonial dagger ready. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a Miner first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Miner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Miner work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Miner responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'7". She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her golden hair up. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Sariel was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Deep green spinel (150 gp).

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'5" when asserting herself. She has shaved her head bald. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Nyx 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. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a scythe, but if one is not available he will default to his morningstar. He carries with him a set of morningstars, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his blonde hair down. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Orsik 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 Orsik. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 3 Acid flasks.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has golden hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Soveliss enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and he perpetually has his sickle ready. He wears his black fur down. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a Gardener, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Fragrant fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy yellow fur. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. He has a hunchback. His yellow fur is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Laborer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Leaf was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Banded agate (13 gp).