Description: This western woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her crest is copper and curly. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: The child of a Dyer, who enjoyed hunting, Hethress was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hethress fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. She has done her best to style her yellow fur to look like a famous performer. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born into a rich family. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Shadow alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. Jasper (20 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, marred by sweets. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (140 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is golden and curly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the south were limited. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 gp. Citrine (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times, and he perpetually has his greatsword ready. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dragonborn artifacts is his passion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and is pretty ugly. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Juliana took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she has a crush on the local gardener

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Iolite (70 gp).