Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is silver and curly. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. She has wavy red hair. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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: She was born into a rich family. While she appears to be a normal Elf, 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. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Amber (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears just a yellow suit, and carries tridents. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Manfred isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Manfred was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Guard. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Blue quartz (7 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, she is not a threatening figure. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Andry was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has worked as a Fortune-teller like her father before her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a grey scarf. Her fur, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her first spouse was a Bather, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. After a long history of fighting, Aura and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.