Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a hunchback. She has slicked back brown hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Tanner but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and doesn't want to be a tanner and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). 1 Good lock. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her long gold crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Kadana enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Kadana lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Kadana abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Painter they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Marshal, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a pastel top hat and pastel clothes. She wears her red fur up. Her half smiles and yellow eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Flask has worked very hard to control her curse. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 21000 sp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Rose (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears long strands of jet and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has green eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 210 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and he perpetually has his bow ready. He wears his silver hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has achieved small success as a Junk Dealer.

Motivation: To be a Painter again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has styled her brown fur well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Cloud hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born in a small island village. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Cloud alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Cloud was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Artistic, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).