Description: This slender woman stands about 6'6". She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She sports a flattop crest cut. She has red eyes and a green hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. 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: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Seamstress.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (10 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She usually wears her red robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder, marred by teas. Her hair is black and very short. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born in the west to a Jeweler, Tyna learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She prefers to wear flannel. She is an epitome of beauty. She wears her silver hair up. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Donella embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Roofer father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: This man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. 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: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

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 black painted combat armor at almost all times. She has wavy white hair. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Depressed, Antagonistic. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Shifting was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shifting decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Laborer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: An older woman who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, she is not a threatening figure. She has wavy black hair. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Andraste's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a Butcher, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Andraste was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has a hunchback. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available she will default to her axe. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. A true patriot, Beatrice would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Beatrice was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bounty Hunter. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 90 gp.