Description: This woman wears brown trousers with red and blue striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Balifra alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Through the years after Aldous was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Aldous's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a white scarf. Her silver hair is well kept. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Engraver arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a violet vest and prefers green and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has red hair. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Pink pearl (100 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears skinny pants and wears a blue and white robe with the hood down, and is pretty ugly. His hair is short and silver. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Professionalism, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 30 gp. Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears brown trousers with black and red striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Sannl is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is short and brown. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Taklinn was born with his father's beautiful face. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bounty Hunter for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Roofer again; and balancing his hectic life and new bounty hunter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears dark leathers with embroidery and is in decent physical shape. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 80 gp.