Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is cut close to her head. 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 almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This malnourished woman tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Pyntle embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. 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: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'0" and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is a Server first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and an old rival family wants her found

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Religious, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp).

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a sai on his belt. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A freak accident while working with his Apothecary father left him crippled. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Apothecary they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Sailor, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sailor and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Greedy. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 150 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Jade (130 gp). Amber (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has wavy silver hair. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Barber they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Fisher, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 900 sp. Eye agate (9 gp). Jade (60 gp).

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

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. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Terse. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 cp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears dull grey sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sword, just in case. Sporting a red mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her top grey hat.

Personality: Emmeline hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in the east. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.