Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Claira was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His crest is blue and curly. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. After a long history of fighting, Greethen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a stableman again

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Jade (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has wavy black hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Clerebold was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: To be a Guard again; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Marshal.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a fletcher again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants and is in decent physical shape. His fur is beige and very short. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Ugly. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Slave Trader. He carries with him a set of axes on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. He sports a flattop fur cut. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, white shirt, and green tie. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gifted student she started as a Shepherd, but she got bored and became a Bounty Hunter. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A 6'3" western woman, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, black shirt, and tan tie. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Laborer. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Laborer and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Jade (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her greataxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her hair is brown and curly. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born in the south. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 600 gp.