Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her feathered brown hat.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Mardred isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. 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, Mardred 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. Mardred was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mason. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 14000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp. Amber (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp).

Description: He very much looks the part of a Map Maker. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. 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: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Map Maker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He became a Map Maker soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is dressed in earthy colors with a white and grey handkerchief worn on her left side, and a wedding ring on her left hand. With wild brown hair. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: In love, Family, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp).