Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bookbinder. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3100 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and blue handkerchief worn on her right side. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small violet clips. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Mara hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. A freak accident while working with her Stylist father left her crippled. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 pp. Black opal (1600 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Rose (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His black hair is cut short. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rolen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spy and was forced into it by his family; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: 3'1" and muscular, this northern woman is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Unvera is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Unvera lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Jet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a simple tan robe with grey stripes complete with hood. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'5" and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has green eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Oriel lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'5" and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.