Description: She stands about 2'8" and wears bulky red painted plate armor. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has shaved her head bald. She is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vani grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Disciplined, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker white hat.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Dyer; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears bulky violet painted plate armor. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in the north to a Crown-heir, Ralf learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. She carries with her a set of crossbows on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Courier. She has worked as a Courier like her mother before her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to be a cartwright again

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Malachite (16 gp).

Description: This western man wears a blue coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Dreali was born the youngest of three triplets. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 320 pp. Azurite (16 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.