Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is dressed in earthy colors with a black and violet handkerchief worn on her right side. She wears her chestnut hair down. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Puyet is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Puyet hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 8000 sp. Amber (70 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of a Bellfounder, who enjoyed hunting, Thrak was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her top grey hat.

Personality: Nurkara speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

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. A gifted student she started as a Slave Trader, but she got bored and became a Hunter. She has worked as a Hunter like her father before her.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Anverth's homeland. Anverth decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. 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. Anverth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Passionate, Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He became a Carter soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.