Description: 4'9" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bellfounder arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Guardian, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Obsidian (4 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the left. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Born to a Scribe, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Average lock.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Being a Sculptor kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Ella lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. After a long history of fighting, Ella and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 30 pp.