Description: This woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. 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: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Bilga was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Bilga alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Greedy. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 8000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with tan slacks. He wears his blonde hair down. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nalral embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Nalral was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 gp. Azurite (14 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Iolite (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'5" western woman, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Slave Trader for hire.

Motivation: To be a Mercenary again; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 4000 sp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp).