Description: This western woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Helja embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She is a great chef.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Through the years after Helja was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Helja's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

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

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: He wears just a blue suit. He carries with him a set of bows on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Wrenn lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Carter soon after.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: He is renowned for his bright yellow suits and hats. He wears his white hair up. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Jeweler.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born into a rich family. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Althaea alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Althaea was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her right hand. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her cinnamon fur is thinning but still full. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She got into the Ploughman business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Marshal, but she got bored and became a Ploughman. After a long history of fighting, River and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her bronze crest is matted, messy, and big. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: Zykroff speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. A true patriot, Zykroff would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She found a children's book about a Dragonborn Wizard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, In love, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries with him a set of bastard swords on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the east to a Bellfounder, Hadarai learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A freak accident while working with his Dyer mother left him crippled. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. She has shaved her head bald. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She got into the Sculptor business at a young age. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she desires power and/or immortality

Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 12000 sp.