Description: This woman stands a little under 4'11" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She very much looks the part of a Sellsword. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Malquis will drive conversation. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Malquis lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has worked as a Sellsword like her mother before her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new sellsword responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: This southern woman wears a simple blue robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Cartwright 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 seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1000 sp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). 1 Disguise kit.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Dain speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Cleric who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He tends to wear a large green jacket. His green crest, when down, is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Being a Assassin kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she likes to wear grey tank tops with blue skirt, and is pretty ugly. She wears her chestnut hair up. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the north, 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 north 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. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 110 gp.