Description: A 5'0" eastern woman, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is red and very short. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp. Obsidian (13 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears silk and lounges about seductively, she is not a threatening figure. Her crest is red and curly. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. After a long history of fighting, Quespa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: He stands about 5'5" and tends to wear a large green jacket. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Barakas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Rich, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man has the majority of his body covered in plate, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. 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: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 5000 cp.