Description: She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She is portly but not overly obese. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vorka 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 Vorka. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Vorka never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Jet (110 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Amber (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is renowned for his bright red suits and hats. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. 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 served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Greedy, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 160 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears dull pastel sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed axe, just in case. Her fur, while still mostly lavender, has prominent grey streaks. Her copper eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Seven liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.