Description: This late middle aged woman typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor and is in decent physical shape. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears dull blue sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed warhammer, just in case. Her hair is short and white. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ellyjoybell isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 cp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a warhammer on her belt. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her eyes are copper.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born in the south. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shadow fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat, and is pretty ugly. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Dain hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 110 gp.