Description: 5'10" and muscular, this northern woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. Her orange fur is lengthy. She has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

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. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 20000 cp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and carries bastard swords. His black hair is braided into rings. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in the east. His childhood dream was to be a Carpenter, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears bulky white painted plate armor, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Nora was born the youngest of three triplets. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Soapmaker and was forced into it by her family; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

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

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He wears his rusty crest down. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: 3'1" and muscular, this western woman prefers to wear red clothing when she does not wear armor. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born in the west. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 pp. Eye agate (7 gp).

Description: Standing 3'6", this woman wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

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. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Guardian, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 21000 sp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'3". She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ranala fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Passionate, Extrovert, Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 pp. Moss agate (7 gp). Iolite (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.