Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She likes to wear brown tank tops with blue skirt. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Nora is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the south to a Layabout, Nora learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She's also a talented Miner, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Miner again.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears just a red suit. Her hair is golden and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Dee enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sickle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Red spinel (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His fur is cut close to his head. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson tan hat.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents were killed by brigands in a raid when he was still a young child. The brigands captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has styled her silver crest well, parting it to the left. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her broad green hat.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Surina was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Surina decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Surina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 20 pp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp).