Description: This slender woman stands about 3'10". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Anbera was born with her mother's beautiful face. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 90 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Helen 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 Helen. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 sp. Coral (100 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her first spouse was a Map Maker, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She tends to her Servant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a violet tunic with white highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has no hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. After a long history of fighting, Don and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and doesn't want to be a butcher and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Andraste abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. 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: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Tomi will drive conversation. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Tomi never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 120 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He very much looks the part of a Bookbinder. He has styled his dark red hair well, parting it to the right. He has silver eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Bookbinder job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 10 pp. Amethyst (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She carries with her a set of pickaxes on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Buckler. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a white tunic with violet highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Paela grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.