Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 4'10". She wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso, and her gloved hand is found clutching a club. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

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. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ermina 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 Ermina. She tends to her Tailor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a monstrous two handed axe, but if one is not available he will default to his shield. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; 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, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her longbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. Her hair is long and black with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She wears a violet vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her violet boots flare out at the collars, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'9" when asserting herself. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She takes great joy in being the best Courier in town.

History: Drusilia hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Courier. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Drusilia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To protect her home; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 sp. White pearl (120 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His gray fur is braided into rings. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Shifting lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Her brown fur is still thick. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a great chef.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is dressed in an above average manner. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts, and carries shortspears. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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

History: He was born in the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Elves in Adelard's homeland. Adelard decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a blacksmith again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She usually wears her blue robe and has her longbow always slung over her shoulder. She is physically well-built. Her hair is short and blonde. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A freak accident while working with her Merchant father left her crippled. After a long history of fighting, Shamil and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 160 gp.