Description: This dark-skinned female is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nyx 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 gnomish compassion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Poor, In love. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. Golden pearl (130 gp). Peridot (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 19000 sp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. She has black hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has no hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Through the years after Paela was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Paela's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she likes to wear brown tank tops with green skirt. Her fur is yellow, silky, and of moderate length. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. After a long history of fighting, Skirt and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 10000 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she very much looks the part of a Merchant. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the right. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Vola lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Vola liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This dark-skinned female does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. A freak accident while working with her Weaver father left her crippled. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To be a Weaver again; and to be a weaver again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 4000 sp. Rose (20 gp).