Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Gifted from a young age, Abalaba studied abroad. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Abalaba fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her dark red hair is long and unkept. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is physically well-built. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born in the north. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Shava took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up pickaxe and armor she uses now. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dyer.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 160 gp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has wavy black hair. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Siffress was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Interpreter, but she got bored and became a Locksmith. She's also a talented Interpreter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'11" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has a very tight haircut. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Mara is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp. White pearl (150 gp). Coral (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.