Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Mortician father left her crippled. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, and is pretty ugly. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Elf, 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his brown hair up. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Norman is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Norman was born with his father's beautiful face. He worked as a nervous Banker and found it very stressful. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 60 pp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he very much looks the part of a Hunter, and is pretty ugly. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a great chef.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 struck the Hunter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 30000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Paela has worked very hard to control her curse. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 7000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp).