Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her purple hair is still thick. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the east to a Healer, Pyra learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 90 gp. Red spinel (40 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'3" and wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Anastrianna is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She worked as a nervous Beggar and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Beggar like her mother before her.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 240 gp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Rûkdûg was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. At a young age his mother died while driving off some brigands. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in greatsword use. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'3" when asserting himself. He has a very tight haircut. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. The war was a terrible time for him, and Thorin does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His head has been shaved. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp).