Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her gray fur, when down, is lengthy. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born to a Architect, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 220 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Gilthur is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1200 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears just a yellow suit, marred by sweets. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 sp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her red hair is wavy and long. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Miner business.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 pp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. She has a very tight haircut. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Mella is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 350 gp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Jade (140 gp).