Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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 works hard and plays hard.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Carpenter arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Being a Mortician kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing a long, tan cloak. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Carlin embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. Carlin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 160 gp. White pearl (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears a blue coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He has a hunchback. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Hunter.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new hunter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 cp.