Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of a Baker, who enjoyed hunting, Dariff was taken on many hunting expeditions. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His scarlet crest is knotted and matted. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Stableman. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. His first spouse was a Slave Trader, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 5 Acid flasks.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her silver hair is long and unkept. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. 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: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student she started as a Gardener, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To be a Gardener again; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman wears a pastel costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her fur is short and black. Her yellow unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Left-Handed fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 350 pp.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her sai, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Barbena is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Barbena grew up listening to her father's many stories. 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 Unemployed. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Azurite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bricklayer for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a white vest and prefers grey and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. After a long history of fighting, Fulbar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mason and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 25000 sp. Amber (100 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp).