Description: She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. She carries a battered ceremonial dagger and tarnished axe as well. She wears her silver hair up. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Helgret isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. 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: Helgret was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has achieved small success as a Apothecary.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her hair is short and blue. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'6" and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He takes great joy in being the best Soapmaker in town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 Soapmaker. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Sybil lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Map Maker and was forced into it by her family; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Average lock.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Valanthe speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Valanthe was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are black.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A freak accident while working with his Gardener father left him crippled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Shy, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His bronze crest is lengthy. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: 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.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. She carries with her a set of greataxes on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. Her face is scarred and worn.

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 can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with green slacks. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She got into the Courier business at a young age. Her childhood dream was to be a Butcher, but she was a colossal failure. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Half-Plate.