Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and she perpetually has her pickaxe ready. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Balifra liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Balifra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Red spinel (110 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is blonde and very short. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. After a long history of fighting, Ridaro and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fortune-teller and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, In love, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 30 pp. Moonstone (20 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Nelkin hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears tattered old clothes. Her white fur, when down, is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 40 gp.