Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 160 pp. Azurite (10 gp). Citrine (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson tan hat.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Erevan was born the youngest of three triplets. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Erevan took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up kukri and armor he uses now. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fisher and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a white shirt with thin green vertical stripes and black pants and is in decent physical shape. She has no hair. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This light-skinned female prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has wavy auburn hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Myria grew up listening to her mother's many stories. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and balancing her hectic life and new shipwright responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 60 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. She has no hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born to a Junk Dealer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Merla was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 10 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp).