Description: A 3'10" northern woman, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her tied-back hair is black. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Balifra speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She got into the Gardener business at a young age. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to be a masseuse again

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Debt, In love. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she usually wears her grey robe and has her sword always slung over her shoulder, and is pretty ugly. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Architect who has hired her part-time. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Falkrunn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Falkrunn was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Assassin. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears just a violet suit, and carries greatswords. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small violet clips. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Helen abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 80 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has wavy golden hair. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Gifted from a young age, Adam studied abroad. He worked as a nervous Bather and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has a very tight haircut. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp.