Description: This slender woman stands about 5'3". She wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. Her hair is black and curly. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born in a small forest village. 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. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, In love, Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is blonde and curly. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She found a children's book about a Gnome Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Athletic. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This malnourished man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His cinnamon fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Miner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). 1 Buckler.

Description: A 6'0" western woman, she wears bulky brown painted plate armor. She has slicked back white hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.