Description: A 5'8" southern woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She enjoys reading and quiet.

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. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Blacksmith. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 50 gp. Eye agate (13 gp).

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her red hair is braided into rings. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. 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. Willow fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Arannis was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2400 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His white crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Norkruuth was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Baker. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing a long, tan cloak. His white hair is braided into rings. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Eldon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 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 a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His head has been shaved. His ears are large.

Personality: He hates Dwarves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. Thorin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

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 Dwarves in the east were limited. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and human compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 320 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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 son.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a stableman and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Bonds: Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.