Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her brown hair is still thick. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Nissa was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 600 sp. A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp).

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She carries with her a set of whips on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She has wavy brown hair. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She got into the Interpreter business at a young age. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears an entirely brown suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Delg 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 Delg. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has moderate length brown hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Az-Adar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He stands about 5'2" and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (13 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A freak accident while working with her Mason mother left her crippled. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. This silver eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She uses divination through singing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 60 gp.