Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Cook. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A gifted student he started as a Merchant, but he got bored and became a Cook. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gell fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Poor, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She wears her auburn hair up. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. Artin is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears skinny pants and wears a tan and black robe with the hood down. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Mortician job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and 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

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

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 misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her childhood dream was to be a Carpenter, but she was a colossal failure. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 sp. Azurite (11 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp).

Description: She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Bather arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bather for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: An older woman who tends to wear a large yellow jacket, she is not a threatening figure. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Isabella was born the youngest of three triplets. She worked as a nervous Fletcher and found it very stressful. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This northern woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her red crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her childhood dream was to be a Sage, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 50 gp. Red garnet (80 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has worked as a Mayor like her mother before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears long strands of aquamarine and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is blue and curly. He has silver eyes.

Personality: He is a Fortune-teller first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Fortune-teller but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 Fortune-teller. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 20 pp.