Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length black hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. 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: Helja was born with her father's beautiful face. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 cp. Red spinel (50 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull green iron scale mail. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Knight. 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: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Eye agate (4 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears tan trousers with black and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the right. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born in the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Shoemaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 14000 cp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a hunchback. His head has been shaved. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time, and carries kukris. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Stylist for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new stylist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears red trousers with blue and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has brown eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Stannor lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Citrine (30 gp). 1 Superior lock.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 370 gp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. Her brown hair is still thick. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed grey hat.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. 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, Elysande is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Elysande was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Laborer and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Justice, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield.