Description: This tall, slender woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She keeps her brass crest in a pixie cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is a great chef.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Nature, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 110 gp. Banded agate (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears his auburn hair up. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He hates Gnomes with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Blue quartz (5 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a quarterstaff on her belt. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Symma's homeland. Symma decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a red armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'9" when asserting herself. Sporting a chestnut mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. 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 barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Alain was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Insomniac, Terse, Selfish. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp).