Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has done her best to style her dark red hair to look like a famous performer. Her black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She got into the Body Guard business at a young age. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Astaro has worked very hard to control her curse. She tends to her Body Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Mundane, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 360 gp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a blue shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and brown pants. His hair is chestnut and very short. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a green vest and prefers pastel and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She keeps her dark red hair in a flapper bob. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Wiggens wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Wiggens was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Wiggens decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.