Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has wavy white crest. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Arava never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 29000 cp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a green shirt with thin black vertical stripes and green pants. His hair is cut close to his head. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. After a long history of fighting, Mantus and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this eastern man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He has moderate length red crest. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This southern woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She sports brown long hair. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'9" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has moderate length beige fur. Her eyes are green.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. After coming to the age of reason, Spear took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.