Description: A 3'10" western woman, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ilde embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Ilde was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ilde decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a warhammer on his belt. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 gp. Jade (50 gp).

Description: This woman wears a green collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. She wears her black hair up. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Seere was born with her father's beautiful face. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is black and curly. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He tends to wear a large red jacket. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Altho was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a Courier, his father struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Family, Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman wears a blue feathered hat and blue clothes. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2000 sp. Hematite (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'3". She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shield. She has wavy black hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Marastyr was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is black and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Taklinn was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 sp.