Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and pastel handkerchief worn on her left side. She has a very tight haircut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Gardener responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Meriele is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Meriele was born with her father's beautiful face. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bather.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and balancing her hectic life and new bather responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Debt. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 120 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). 7 Acid flasks.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears dull black sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

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. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has achieved small success as a Banker.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new banker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'4". He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His hair is cut close to his head. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Tethren is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a pastel shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His orange fur is heavily combed to the right. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Tree was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Tree was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Fisher for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing a tight pastel one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She wears her orange fur down. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing a long, green cloak. She keeps her long black crest kept up in a rat tail. She is baby faced.

Personality: Doudra speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. Being a Mercenary kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her flail with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hupe grew up listening to his father's many stories. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 120 pp. Obsidian (9 gp).