Description: Standing 4'10", this man wears a yellow feathered hat and yellow clothes. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Rolen was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Rolen decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This eastern woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses like a well dressed Interpreter does. He wears his black hair down. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born into a rich family. He worked as a nervous Interpreter and found it very stressful. After months of barely getting by, Anverth 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. White pearl (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She prefers to wear pastel clothing when she does not wear armor. Her cinnamon fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Shivering lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Roofer. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 160 gp. Rose (80 gp). 1 Antitoxin.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a white coat with black slacks. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his small tan hat.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Gifted from a young age, Halimath studied abroad. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a white collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She wears her chestnut hair down. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. With wild blonde hair. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Elama was raised in a hard working conservative environment. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She tends to her Navigator job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Family, Job, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 sp. Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a long, brown cloak. He has shaved his head bald. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a blue shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has no hair. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Ielenia was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Brewer and found it very stressful. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 sp.