Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is red and curly. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Mara 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. Mara 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 a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A 5'3" southern man, he is renowned for his bright yellow suits and hats. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Soveliss was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a nunchaku on her belt. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Carter. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her childhood dream was to be a Junk Dealer, but she was a colossal failure. Recently the stress of being a Carter has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'0" and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Layabout.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His silver hair is braided into rings. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Sard (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Amber (40 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp).