Description: This slender woman stands about 4'3". She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has violet eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: She hates Dwarves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Barbena grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Barbena. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He is baby faced.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears long strands of emerald and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her hair is blonde and very short. She is baby faced.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He got into the Beggar business at a young age. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This malnourished man prefers to wear flannel. His black crest is knotted and matted. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a Jeweler, his father struggled to pay the bills. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a jeweler again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: PTSD, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Body Guard. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. 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: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 140 pp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp).

Description: She has a missing left arm. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Justice, Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her brown hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Through the years after Faral was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Faral's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 160 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp).

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a mace on her belt. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 sp.