Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her dark red hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Nija took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up kukri and armor she uses now. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears just a white suit. She has slicked back brown hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Map Maker father left her crippled. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

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: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Silver ewer (60 gp).

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She carries a battered bow and tarnished glaive as well. Her silver crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ruloth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Ruloth and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His ears are large.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bounty Hunter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 24000 sp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Jet (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears professional attire. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his flail with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 700 pp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Amber (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Jade (110 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Jade (110 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.