Description: An older woman who typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor, she is not a threatening figure. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Engong took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 cp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Duergath is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a white coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ghâm studied abroad. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. He has a hunchback. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His ears are large.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Gifted from a young age, Roland studied abroad. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 120 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Jet (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her head has been shaved. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 160 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has a hunchback. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Gaaki lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Butcher they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Unemployed, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a unemployed and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 150 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

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. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.