Description: This slender woman stands about 3'2". She prefers to wear blue clothing when she does not wear armor. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Debt, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He wears an entirely grey suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His blonde hair is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born in a small island village. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy purple stubble. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a hunchback. His purple hair is knotted and matted. He has red eyes and a black hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cressel grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 cp. Eye agate (10 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 3'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears dull blue sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed crossbow, just in case. His hair is cut close to his head. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bricklayer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bricklayer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He became a Bricklayer soon after.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 sp.