Description: This woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. She has wavy blonde hair. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born into a rich family. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 32000 sp. Sardonyx (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a green shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her scarlet crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a simple blue robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She carries with her a set of morningstars, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Veloptima isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. The war was a terrible time for her, and Veloptima does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. 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. Veloptima fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).