Description: An older woman who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Mercenary profession.

History: Valida was born with her mother's beautiful face. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, tan shirt, and black tie. He wears his golden hair up. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Tûhorn isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Through the years after Tûhorn was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Tûhorn's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Tûhorn and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Human compassion; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shoemaker. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Bernard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Bernard was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Bernard decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Shoemaker 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: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Anastrianna lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greataxe.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 70 gp.