Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears tattered old clothes, and is pretty ugly. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her broad grey hat.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Jarana hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Fisher for hire.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 sp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is portly but not overly obese. His crest is short and blue. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Merchant. He has achieved small success as a Merchant.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a brown shirt with thin black vertical stripes and blue pants. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Whurbin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. His silver hair is braided into rings. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Priest mother left him crippled. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Azurite (12 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears long strands of amber and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His black eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Astar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the south were limited. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 900 sp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp).