Description: She stands about 6'1" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her black crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. She has red eyes and a green hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hethress grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

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

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a white scarf. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is short and black. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is a great chef.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. She is portly but not overly obese. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'2" northern woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Donella lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Sard (50 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Iolite (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.