Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts, and is pretty ugly. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Portia alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1300 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear flannel. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Tomph speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Dilettante but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 5000 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat and is in decent physical shape. With bright chestnut hair. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 700 pp. Amethyst (40 gp). Amber (40 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp).

Description: A 6'2" northern woman, she tends to wear a large black jacket. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1000 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she tends to wear a large brown jacket. Her silver hair is lengthy. She is baby faced.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 Dyer. She has achieved small success as a Dyer.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Philantrophist, Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears just a black suit. His rusty crest is braided into rings. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Gold music box (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. She carries with her a set of warhammers, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker grey hat.

Personality: Fallthra 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 moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 9000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.