Description: Standing 3'11", this woman is wearing a long, brown cloak. She has slicked back red hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. 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: She is greedy; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She wears a grey Stetson hat and grey clothes. Her hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Finellen speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Finellen was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 sp. Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her crest is rusty, silky, and of moderate length. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Cynical, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he very much looks the part of a Sage. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. 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, Varg is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sage. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sage for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new sage responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Spy. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her green crest is thinning but still full. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 cp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 6'1". She wears a black vest and prefers white and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Lezre was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She worked as a nervous Beggar and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Beggar like her mother before her.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has wavy silver hair. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Quillathe 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. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Shy, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He sports a flattop crest cut. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his feathered black hat.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Layabout. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 30 gp. Zircon (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.