Description: He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his red hair up. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished hand crossbow as well. She has moderate length white hair. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Meena embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. The war was a terrible time for her, and Meena does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Through the years after Meena was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Meena's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Onyx (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To be a Courier again; and an old rival family wants him found

Bonds: Family, Enemies, Religious, Rich, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a simple red robe with violet stripes complete with hood. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Vani took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up nunchaku and armor she uses now. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Breastplate.