Description: She is a husky 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 has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Miner born in the past three hundred years. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Miner for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Alex is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He has moderate length auburn hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mortician business.

History: Dayereth was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. 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 music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. The war was a terrible time for her, and Myathethil does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This northern woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has dyed her greying black crest a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Havilar is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Tanner. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He became a Tanner soon after.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and balancing his hectic life and new tanner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 sp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is purple and very short. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Sensitive, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. His black hair is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Ûshbaka lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Miner, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A 6'8" western woman, she wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available she will default to her rapier. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She takes great joy in being the best Engraver in town.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Hillanot was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has worked as a Engraver like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 70 gp.