Description: He wears an entirely black suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He carries a battered whip and tarnished dagger as well. His crest is brass and curly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Nithther was born with his father's beautiful face. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nithther grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Nithther. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull white iron scale mail. She has moderate length silver hair. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Salanop embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. Her black hair is lengthy. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her brass crest is braided into rings. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 Navigator. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Armorer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Navigator, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 sp.