Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a brown collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Balifra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has worked as a Brewer like her father before her.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Silver pearl (40 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her rusty crest is long and unkept. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born to a Brewer, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: 4'7" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are likewise white. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Markosian 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. Markosian 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. Being a Sculptor kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Gerard hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 7000 cp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.