Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. She is portly but not overly obese. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. In her 19th 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 inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 18000 sp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Sard (40 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Jet (80 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a sword on his belt. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His black hair is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Olunt alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his warhammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Kugáluga lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has achieved small success as a Courier.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 70000 cp. Zircon (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'0" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has moderate length silver hair. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. 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. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear flannel. Her yellow fur is unkempt and raggedy. She has blue eyes and a pastel hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: This western man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His clothes are grease stained in places. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born in the west. Torz was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Glassblower. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has no hair. Her silver eyes dart from person to person.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bellfounder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.