Description: This woman wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

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. Being a Masseuse 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 has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 10000 cp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Red garnet (40 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Spice Merchant profession.

History: Valida 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. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She tends to her Baker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears professional attire. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise green.

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. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Efferil is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Efferil lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Gardener, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a black and tan robe with the hood down. She carries with her a set of sais, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born in a small forest village. After coming to the age of reason, Rieta took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sage and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A 6'6" western man, he prefers to wear flannel. He has wavy bronze crest. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Tarhun hails from a village terrorized by drow. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Tarhun was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 40 gp. Eye agate (11 gp).

Description: He wears a green vest and prefers black and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is physically well-built. His blue crest is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in the east to a Spy, Rathkran learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Through the years after Rathkran was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Rathkran's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has worked as a Spy like his father before him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull red iron scale mail. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her crest is bronze and curly. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Pyxrin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She's in love; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 sp. Jet (50 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sage hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Gormogord and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 cp. Pink pearl (110 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears baggy green pantaloons and a black scarf. He sports a flattop hair cut. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Nicor hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 350 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.