Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears tattered old clothes. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. She wears an eyepatch.

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. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Ovak was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ovak decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1 Thunderstones.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and black handkerchief worn on her right side. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the east were limited. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a hammer on her belt. She wears her golden hair down. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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, Oda is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born in a small island village. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Justice. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He likes to wear tan tank tops with grey pants. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He found a children's book about a Gnome Cleric who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a white vest and prefers blue and pastel shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Miner. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Miner.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2500 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp).