Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. She wears her golden hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. The war was a terrible time for her, and Chaedi does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Chaedi reached her early adolescence her Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Guardian, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Amber (140 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Bethrynna was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She tends to wear a large black jacket. Her gold crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Nicholas liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is chestnut and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Cleric who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Alvyn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Alvyn was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and doesn't want to be a laborer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a nunchaku, but if one is not available she will default to her bow. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has slicked back golden hair. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jelenneth grew up listening to her mother's many stories. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.