Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She likes to wear black tank tops with grey skirt. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Vola hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Vola was born on a far northern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Knight. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Elaim embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His first spouse was a Unemployed, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature spear.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She stands about 6'2" and is dressed in an above average manner. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her gold crest is braided into rings. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in the east to a Assassin, Pyxrin learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Assassin. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Jade (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her head has been shaved. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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, Ella is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the north to a Miner, Ella learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Miner. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a yellow shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Unemployed. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Unemployed. She became a Unemployed soon after.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Unemployed responsibilities is difficult; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.