Description: This malnourished woman wears a simple brown robe with violet stripes complete with hood. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. While she appears to be a normal Human, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'1". She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Vaina embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His black hair is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Mormo is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Iolite (70 gp).

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze, and she perpetually has her halberd ready. Her blue hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ishte grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ishte. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.