Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has auburn hair. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. After coming to the age of reason, Ella took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2000 gp. Amethyst (70 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Hematite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 39000 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a Fletcher, her father struggled to pay the bills. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He has moderate length white hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 gp. Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan shirt with thin white vertical stripes and red pants. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is auburn and curly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 11000 cp. Amber (80 gp).