Description: This woman wears a simple grey robe with brown stripes complete with hood, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her ears are large.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Balifra embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a Knight, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When Balifra reached her early adolescence her Dwarf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red crest is matted, messy, and big. 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 intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. After a long history of fighting, Thava and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Amber (80 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears just a tan suit. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Raer is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses like a well dressed Detective does. His hair is long and red with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Paelias was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Detective. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Detective for the past few years.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her bronze crest is matted, messy, and big. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jaxi fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Sindri isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. 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 was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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 doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His head has been shaved. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Tûhorn lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: An older woman who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a yellow coat, she is not a threatening figure. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Joan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Assassin. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 120 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Cartwright. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 30 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp).