Description: She wears professional attire. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Helen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Helen and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 sp. Red garnet (40 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull white iron scale mail. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is an amazing painter.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a tan vest and prefers yellow and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

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. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She's also a talented Ploughman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: Waywocket wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Waywocket was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. 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. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, John's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. John is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, John was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. 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. John 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 320 gp.