Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a tan vest and prefers green and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is dark but she possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she is greedy

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. 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. 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, Bertram is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 700 gp. Red garnet (70 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He carries with him a set of kukris, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gifted student he started as a Knight, but he got bored and became a Masseuse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).