Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and green handkerchief worn on her right side. Her hair is short and chestnut. She has green eyes and a grey hat with a green feather.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Balifra was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She worked as a nervous Sellsword and found it very stressful. She struck the Sellsword job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 cp. Jet (80 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'1". He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and his gloved hand is found clutching a pickaxe. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Theren was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She stands about 2'11" and tends to wear a large red jacket. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When Shaena reached her early adolescence her Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 cp. Malachite (12 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His white fur, when down, is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Tricking hails from a village terrorized by orcs. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1500 sp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs, and he perpetually has his axe ready. He keeps his long copper crest kept up in a rat tail. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. He sports a flattop hair cut. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Traki grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 160 gp. Red spinel (150 gp).

Description: She very much looks the part of a Painter, and she perpetually has her kukri ready. Her hair is blonde and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: The child of a Masseuse, who enjoyed hunting, Orla was taken on many hunting expeditions. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Painter.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears dull black sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed crossbow, just in case. Her blue hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. 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: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He struck the Brewer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.