Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a black collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Armara was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Map Maker for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 40 gp. Jasper (40 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She likes to wear tan tank tops with black skirt. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Virra was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1400 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears bulky black painted plate armor. She has slicked back blonde hair. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. She tends to her Bookbinder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears an entirely violet suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes and is in decent physical shape. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Through the years after Heward was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Heward's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp).

Description: This man wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a ceremonial dagger, but if one is not available he will default to his greatsword, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Kelter has worked very hard to control his curse. 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 to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 90 gp.