Description: She wears dull grey sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shield, just in case, and she perpetually has her shield ready. Her hair is short and chestnut. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Balifra isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Balifra 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. Balifra 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 Navigator 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: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is typically in her Slave Trader uniform, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sumnes was born with her mother's beautiful face. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Job, In love, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, black shirt, and tan tie, and carries whips. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 50. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born to a Banker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After months of barely getting by, Oren managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He has a very tight haircut. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. With bright brown hair. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Adventurer.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has no hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a grey collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has moderate length white hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Yurgunn was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears professional attire. His red hair is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Habor enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Habor was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Adventurer. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Insane, Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants, and carries crossbows. His white hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in a small island village. Frug liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp.