Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Oskar embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Miner they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Fortune-teller, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fortune-teller and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This man wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shoemaker. He has worked as a Shoemaker like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and she perpetually has her scimitar ready. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hugolina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and doesn't want to be a engraver and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. Her black hair is still thick. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is a great chef.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. After a long history of fighting, Meriele and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is dark but she possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. She wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is pastel, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. Her white hair is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. After a long history of fighting, Willow and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a brown costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She has styled her orange fur well, parting it to the right. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Gale was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Secretive. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50 gp.