Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and grey handkerchief worn on her left side. Her hair is black and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born to a Knight, her father struggled to pay the bills. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Ruler work with an outfit from a few towns over. Ruler work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 gp. Sard (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She carries a battered shortspear and tarnished bow as well. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She struck the Barkeep job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Masseuse again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears his golden hair down. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Being a Merchant 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: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is in excellent shape and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 60 gp.