Description: This tall, slender man wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He has shaved his head bald. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Patrick was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Menny was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Menny's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears baggy green pantaloons and a tan scarf. She has wavy scarlet crest. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Raiann was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. At a young age her father died while driving off some dire rats. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in warhammer use. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 50 pp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shields and hammers. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ovina grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ovina. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Healer’s kit.