Description: A 3'9" southern woman, she wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her hair is black and very short. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Helja was born on a far southern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Locksmith. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her quarterstaff with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in the west to a Fortune-teller, Tiaathque learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. After a long history of fighting, Tiaathque and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He has amber eyes and a grey hat with a green feather.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. After coming to the age of reason, Lewis took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 80 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: He wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. He carries with him a set of daggers on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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 was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 80 gp.