Description: 2'11" and muscular, this northern woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2900 gp. Hematite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 3'6" and wears baggy tan pantaloons and a yellow scarf. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Orla embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born in the east to a Cook, Orla learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; 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: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Hunter. He's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. She keeps her long red crest kept up in a rat tail. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains 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 plains due to the painful memories there. Nuthra took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up lance and armor she uses now. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 60 pp. Citrine (80 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.