Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'9" when asserting herself. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shautha 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 Shautha. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He carries with him a set of pickaxes, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His chestnut hair is cut short. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. He has wavy auburn hair. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed tan hat.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 30 gp.