Description: She has a missing left arm. She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a black coat with pastel slacks. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Mercenary arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. After months of barely getting by, Balifra managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: In love, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 290 gp. Jade (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male wears a black top hat and black clothes. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has moderate length black hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Greeba enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When Greeba reached her early adolescence her Half-Orc 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 left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

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. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are violet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in a small plains village. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Quarion took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up bow and armor he uses now. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jet (150 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Jade (150 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is golden and curly. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Carlin alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Guardian, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 31000 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears professional attire. She has wavy blonde hair. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Veloptima never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 23000 sp.