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 hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Performer. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Nurkara hails from a village terrorized by goblins. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Performer for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and revenge

Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: An older woman who prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts, she is not a threatening figure. Her long brass crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Tatyan hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. 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: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Aquamarine (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and blue pants, and is pretty ugly. She has moderate length silver hair. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She takes great joy in being the best Jeweler in town.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'0" and wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Sculptor. 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: Born to a Doctor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sculptor.

Motivation: Revenge; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 sp. Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a flail, but if one is not available he will default to his lance. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Hubert's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her brown hair is still thick. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Valida isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Gifted from a young age, Valida studied abroad. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 310 gp.