Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has wavy brown hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, 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. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Numba fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she has a crush on the local stableman

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He got into the Roofer business at a young age. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Roland 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 Roland. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Roofer for the past few years.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Pink pearl (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears just a brown suit. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Avelina was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Dilettante. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. Her long scarlet crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 sp. Silver pearl (60 gp). 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and doesn't want to be a sage and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp.