Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Whurdred grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Whurdred. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is cut close to his head. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Oren grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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 Priest. He has worked as a Priest like his mother before him.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

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

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Shava was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature trident.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She wears a violet small hat and violet clothes. She carries a battered club and tarnished kukri as well. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. After a long history of fighting, Aline and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 3000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears brown trousers with black and red striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her fur, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Aura was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shield with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Meriele grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Meriele. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. He carries with him a set of whips on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His red hair is lengthy. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of a Blacksmith, who enjoyed hunting, Frederick was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 16000 sp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. She carries with her a set of greataxes, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Isabella has worked very hard to control her curse. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 gp. Sard (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Obsidian (11 gp).