Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'4". She is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats, and her gloved hand is found clutching a spear. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A freak accident while working with her Jeweler father left her crippled. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Secretive, Shy, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Joan was born with her father's beautiful face. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 cp. Peridot (20 gp).

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She carries a battered mace and tarnished sword as well. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She bought a sword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 80 gp. Obsidian (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her morningstar with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has money and likes to spend it

Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tattered old clothes. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. The war was a terrible time for him, and Efferil does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Gifted from a young age, Efferil studied abroad. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp.