Description: A middle-aged woman, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and is pretty ugly. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Mayor but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Siffress was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He wears an entirely black suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His tied-back hair is blonde. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. The war was a terrible time for him, and Vondal does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. 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: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people; and dwarven compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her white hair is cut short. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ida studied abroad. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To protect her home; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

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 does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her red hair is knotted and matted. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a red vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his red boots flare out at the collars. His black hair is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: He was born in the south. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: 90 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is typically in her Sculptor uniform. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Bolhild is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sculptor. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is content; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is portly but not overly obese. His yellow fur is still thick. His yellow eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a great chef.

History: Three was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He struck the Animal Trainer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She is typically in her Stylist uniform, marred by sweets. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Stylist. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Unvera lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 130 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp).