Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Oda wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Monk, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 11000 cp. Amber (140 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Paelias hails from a village terrorized by illithids. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Roofer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2800 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes. His rusty crest is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Crown-heir for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears dull white sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed axe, just in case. Her white hair is matted, messy, and big. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull green iron scale mail. She has wavy silver hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.