Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Jacoba enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 130 gp. Coral (50 gp).

Description: Standing 6'4", this man typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has worked as a Slave Trader like his father before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'3" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Servant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Servant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. 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. Imsh fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Amethyst (140 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Rose (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'1" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. Her head has been shaved. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by unlife.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy tan suit. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His white hair is knotted and matted. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: Alvyn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Hunter.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He carries a battered spear and tarnished crossbow as well. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in the north to a Architect, Aerdeth learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp.