Description: He stands about 5'5" and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Skak was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tattered old clothes. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a Bellfounder first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the north to a Bellfounder, Ea learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She wears a colorful flower in her auburn hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Oolah was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect her home

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and carries scimitars. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Leaf lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her childhood dream was to be a Brewer, but she was a colossal failure. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Family, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has green crest. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

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 freak accident while working with her Laborer mother left her crippled. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 130 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). 4 Thunderstones.