Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 3'11". She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, and her gloved hand is found clutching a glaive. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. A true patriot, Balifra would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Body Guard for hire.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is short and black. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: This woman wears baggy brown pantaloons and a tan scarf, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her white fur is knotted and matted. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. After a long history of fighting, Art and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. His hair is always cut to a buzz. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Shy, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her silver hair is still thick. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her green 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 has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp).