Description: This malnourished woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and she perpetually has her ceremonial dagger ready. Her brass crest is still thick. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He stands about 6'7" and prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His green crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has achieved small success as a Mercenary.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'4" when asserting herself. Her yellow fur is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. The war was a terrible time for her, and Shivering does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shivering grew up listening to her father's many stories. When Shivering reached her early adolescence her Tabaxi father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

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

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Blue diamond (2000 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears an entirely brown suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. She carries a battered longbow and tarnished warhammer as well. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: Rinn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Hematite (15 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He was born in the north. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 700 sp.