Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. 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: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. After a long history of fighting, Jane and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'9". She wears red trousers with grey and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her white hair is well kept. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Nedda has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).

Description: Standing 3'1", this woman is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has achieved small success as a Navigator.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Buvvie lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She found a children's book about a Gnome Cleric who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. 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: To unite with her sister; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'2". She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has moderate length silver crest. Her gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Driindar was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her broad violet hat.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his white hair up. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Gifted from a young age, Xappan studied abroad. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 pp. Azurite (16 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.