Description: This northern woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older woman who wears many layers of old clothing at all times, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length white crest. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 60 gp. Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shortbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has styled his white crest well, parting it to the left. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a violet tunic with blue highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents were killed by giants in a raid when she was still a young child. The giants captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 sp.