Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her golden hair is braided into rings. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Traulam embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a Dyer, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Traulam grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Traulam. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 sp. Golden pearl (40 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his quarterstaff with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Seamstress work with an outfit from a few towns over. Seamstress work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Being a Seamstress kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.