Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering her clean studded leather. Sporting a chestnut mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Through the years after Helen was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Helen's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 13000 cp. Iolite (80 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Citrine (80 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a green costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso and is in decent physical shape. Her crest, while still mostly scarlet, has prominent grey streaks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is a great chef.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a spear, but if one is not available he will default to his bastard sword. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Gifted from a young age, Eberdeb studied abroad. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and 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

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 3000 cp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of a Spice Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Torgga was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her first spouse was a Spice Merchant, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 350 gp.