Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Qualen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Tourmaline (100 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is red and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Baelitae was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She tends to her Barrister job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and balancing her hectic life and new barrister responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A 6'1" eastern man, he is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering his clean studded leather. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is short and black. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Rohesia was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a Architect, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Stableman hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 20 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He very much looks the part of a Dyer. His brown hair is still thick. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Alvyn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a greatsword on her belt. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears bulky blue painted plate armor. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. 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: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Blue quartz (10 gp). 4 Antitoxin.

Description: An older woman who wears a red coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. Nedda enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the south to a Tanner, Nedda learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. 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 would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Emotional, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 80 gp. Black pearl (200 gp).