Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red hair is singed and shortened. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Nora is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her black crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Jheri was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a apothecary and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing a long, blue cloak. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and money/treasure

Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 6'8" and muscular, this western man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His yellow fur is still thick. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Beast was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a green and blue handkerchief worn on her right side. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She keeps her long rusty crest kept up in a rat tail. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Dentratha was born with her father's beautiful face. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Dentratha has worked very hard to control her curse. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. 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: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tailor.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: She wears bulky brown painted plate armor. She is portly but not overly obese. Her red fur is unkempt and raggedy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Pelt is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Pelt was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A gifted student she started as a Seamstress, but she got bored and became a Unemployed. She has achieved small success as a Unemployed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Unemployed and was forced into it by her family.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 5000 cp. Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear pastel clothing when he does not wear armor. His fur is yellow and very short. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student he started as a Healer, but he got bored and became a Mortician. After months of barely getting by, Emerald 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 loathes his own lifestyle; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (10 gp). Jet (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length white hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Lavinia was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; 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, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 150 gp.