Description: This western woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Nora hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Bard school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Azurite (8 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears skinny pants and wears a white and green robe with the hood down. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Thea was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thea 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 Thea. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has no hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Halimath grew up listening to his mother's many stories. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Halimath alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Good lock.

Description: This man wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a Beggar, his father struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born in the east. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 3000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.