Description: Standing 4'4", this man is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is brown and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1 Good lock.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small violet clips. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-orc people

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in earthy colors with a black and pastel handkerchief worn on his right side and is in decent physical shape. His long silver crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Baradad was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 gp. Malachite (8 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 110 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She carries with her a set of glaives, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Xanaphia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.