Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a long, tan cloak. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Himo fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Shepherd. Claira is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: He prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: She wears a simple grey robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Gifted from a young age, Avelina studied abroad. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Crown-heir they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Shepherd, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 800 sp. Jet (120 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates Gnomes with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and half-orc compassion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 9000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Ella was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She tends to her Masseuse job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.