Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears professional attire, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nora isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Nora never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His brown fur is smooth and relatively long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Shifting was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is portly but not overly obese. His fur is white and very short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Scribe father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a scribe again

Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She dresses like a well dressed Cartwright does. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her ears are large.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. 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 Cartwright. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Cartwright for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears a green shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. After a long history of fighting, Prosperine and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 3'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear flannel. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ulblyn will drive conversation. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. After a long history of fighting, Ulblyn and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 80 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a fancy red suit. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Brewer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shortbow, but if one is not available she will default to her mace. She carries with her a set of maces on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her head has been shaved. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Knight arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ovina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She stands about 3'11" and is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, green shirt, and grey tie. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is short and black. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ilde was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp.