Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a brown costume with the symbols of luck on her torso, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is black and very short. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Balifra 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 receives visions of the future at random moments

History: The child of a Barber, who enjoyed hunting, Balifra was taken on many hunting expeditions. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Druid 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 since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp).

Description: She wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 pp. Amethyst (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Azurite (14 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her gray fur is thinning but still full. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Silver ewer (40 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Doctor. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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 Doctor. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Doctor for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 300 pp. Obsidian (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). White opal (700 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. She has white fur. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 9000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a very tight haircut. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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: He is unsatisfied with his job; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jasper (20 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hand crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Emerald (500 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Brown diamond (5000 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Zircon (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.