Description: He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a dagger, but if one is not available he will default to his spear, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'0" when asserting himself. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She prefers to wear flannel. Her hair is brown and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nyx isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has achieved small success as a Baker.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (700 gp).

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears her black hair up. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and green handkerchief worn on her left side. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her trident, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She has gray eyes and a grey hat with a green feather.

Personality: She is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gifted student she started as a Shoemaker, but she got bored and became a Tanner. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tanner.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Peren was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears professional attire. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. 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: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 20 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp).

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this northern man is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is short and red. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. While he appears to be a normal Elf, 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Breastplate.