Description: She is a husky woman, who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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, Nurkara is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Nurkara was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Nurkara never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Gifted, Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp. Red garnet (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Qualen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gifted student he started as a Actor, but he got bored and became a Beggar. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Paggen is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. He's also a talented Shepherd, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red garnet (80 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Rose (40 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Coral (80 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Coral (80 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has wavy rusty crest. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Healer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and many orcs want him driven away

Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 180 pp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).