Description: This slender woman stands about 5'0". She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A freak accident while working with her Bricklayer father left her crippled. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Emotional, Disease. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 70 gp. Chrysoberyl (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull red iron scale mail. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ella embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Painter they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Assassin, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 9000 cp. Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his silver eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Merchant. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Merchant. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Merchant.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He is portly but not overly obese. His brown fur is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Servant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Servant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. River fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She prefers to wear flannel. Her crest is short and rusty. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Burana lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Shy, Addict, Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 350 gp.