Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a white coat with black slacks. She sports red long hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Ovak was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Animal Trainer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1200 gp. Deep green spinel (100 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man usually wears his brown robe and has his pickaxe always slung over his shoulder and is in decent physical shape. His hair is black and very short. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

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

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. 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 west to a Knight, Adran learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Adran was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Knight. He's also a talented Carter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to pay off his debts

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Full Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Breastplate.

Description: 6'6" and muscular, this northern woman wears professional attire. Her copper crest is heavily combed to the left. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Vezera will drive conversation. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a halberd on his belt, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Ridaro was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Baker. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp.