Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is short and auburn. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Nalaed was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 sp. Obsidian (15 gp). 8 Acid flasks.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he is typically in his Cook uniform. His fur is gray and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He got into the Cook business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cook. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Cynical. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 sp. Azurite (16 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Layabout profession.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gifted student he started as a Layabout, but he got bored and became a Painter. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 220 gp.