Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Helen was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Helen decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is silver and curly. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has worked as a Layabout like her father before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman likes to wear red tank tops with tan skirt. She wears her black hair down. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has worked as a Animal Trainer like her father before her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Black opal (1500 gp).

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He is portly but not overly obese. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp. Azurite (11 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp).