Description: She wears professional attire, and carries tridents. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Dalaba fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep green spinel (40 gp). Coral (40 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Roofer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 pp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Black opal (1200 gp).

Description: Standing 5'11", this man wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents enrolled him in a Barbarian school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. After a long history of fighting, Robert and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2100 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. She wears a colorful flower in her auburn hair. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Guard arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1700 sp. Iolite (50 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Brewer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'7". She wears professional attire. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is a great chef.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Barrister. She tends to her Barrister job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To be a Ruler again; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 90 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a tattooed face.

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. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Sage for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Cynical, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 gp.