Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist, Mundane. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats, and is pretty ugly. She has auburn hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Bilga hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Bilga was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 900 gp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 80 gp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he usually wears his brown robe and has his lance always slung over his shoulder. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He's also a talented Scribe, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1900 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She carries with her a set of greataxes, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Liftrasa hails from a village terrorized by goblins. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a red vest and prefers black and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Beggar. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Beggar for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat, and she perpetually has her longsword ready. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She got into the Masseuse business at a young age. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Masseuse. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Hunter they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Masseuse, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 44000 sp. Jet (90 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His purple hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has silver eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Cimer will drive conversation. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

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 Baker. He tends to his Baker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.