Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She likes to wear blue tank tops with brown skirt. She has wavy white hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Anastrianna lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anastrianna fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'9". She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it, and her gloved hand is found clutching a greataxe. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hand crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His white hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are white and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 gp. Tourmaline (150 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears bulky blue painted plate armor, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 700 sp.