Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her purple hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep white.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Markosian's homeland. Markosian decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Justice, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a large green jacket. His black crest is braided into rings. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Dragonborn, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'1". She prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts, and her gloved hand is found clutching a whip. Her beige fur is thinning but still full. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born in the east. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Sard (20 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Giselle lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Clerebold was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. With bright black hair. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born in the west. 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 has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born in a small forest village. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. His tied-back hair is brown. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Seamstress they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Dyer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her long blue crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has red eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. After coming to the age of reason, Quespa took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Iolite (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.