Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His brass crest is knotted and matted. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This southern woman wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Dyer. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new dyer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Lazy, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her yellow fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Tailor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She usually wears her black robe and has her mace always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings and is in decent physical shape. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Orryn took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up pickaxe and armor he uses now. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Persistence, Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Servant. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Sarah hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 120 gp. Azurite (5 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is lean but muscular and tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ghaliver studied abroad. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He struck the Mason job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Lagazi was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Lagazi 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 Lagazi. 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: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 290 gp. Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a green shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. The war was a terrible time for her, and Beleth does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.