Description: This tall, slender woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her greatsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. 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 taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and she wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Carnelian (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: She likes to wear violet tank tops with grey skirt. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her first spouse was a Spice Merchant, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a scimitar on her belt. Her golden hair is braided into rings. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Lidda has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lidda fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her gray fur is long and unkept. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. 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: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. 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: She is greedy; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 11000 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears her white hair up. She has blue eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and balancing her hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has dark red hair. His white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. 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 west his family was never financially stable. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and gnomish compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears bulky green painted plate armor. Her hair is purple, silky, and of moderate length. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.