Description: This woman is very fat, and is typically in her Performer uniform. Her white hair is well kept. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. A true patriot, Balifra would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

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 sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Performer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Performer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Malachite (12 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist, Mundane, PTSD. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Moss agate (9 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a ceremonial dagger, but if one is not available he will default to his falchion. His copper crest is thinning but still full. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He got into the Armorer business at a young age. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He tends to his Armorer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 gp. Carnelian (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Amber (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Amber (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it and is in decent physical shape. She has shaved her head bald. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

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 spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Fortune-teller work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fortune-teller work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp).

Description: He wears just a black suit. His purple hair is braided into rings. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Damakos was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Bookbinder. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a grey costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso and is in decent physical shape. Her golden hair is cut short. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She is physically well-built. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Family, Poor, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1100 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.