Description: This tall, slender woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. A true patriot, Gynk would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her parents enrolled her in a Fighter school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She became a Herbalist soon after.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to be a scribe again

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Job, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 gp. Moss agate (6 gp). Rose (40 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Thodris is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Thodris was born the youngest of three triplets. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has worked as a Courier like her father before her.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 800 sp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: A 3'6" northern woman, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She found a children's book about a Gnome Ranger who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His crest, while still mostly scarlet, has prominent grey streaks. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Healer business.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he's in love

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 60 gp. Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Eran was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This malnourished man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has no hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Alberich is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 sp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Healer for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 22000 cp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.