Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her eyes are green and beady.

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. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to protect her home

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a black coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He carries with him a set of morningstars on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He has no hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Ûkbûk liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 40 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Marastyr grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 80 gp. Pink pearl (150 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'0". She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat, and her gloved hand is found clutching a hammer. Her hair is red and curly. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Hunter arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 Hunter. 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: She seems to be bored by most things; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying south to reunite her family. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.