Description: She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. She carries a battered lance and tarnished spear as well. She has shaved her head bald. She is baby faced.

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. 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, Eloise is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Eloise was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. 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: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2900 gp. Amethyst (100 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Amber (100 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'1", this woman is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She has styled her green crest well, parting it to the right. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She got into the Interpreter business at a young age. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Disease, Shy, Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is dressed in earthy colors with a green and white handkerchief worn on his right side. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Marbas lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his youth he was a Banker, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden pearl (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a fancy grey dress. Her hair is short and auburn. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Katherine hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Katherine took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism, Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Red spinel (150 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and is pretty ugly. Her tied-back hair is silver. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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 Assassin. She struck the Assassin job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears a blue coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head, marred by beers. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Hadarai 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. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and green handkerchief worn on his right side. His head has been shaved. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His first spouse was a Guard, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.