Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is brown and curly. Her silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

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. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'9". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born in a small island village. 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 Armorer. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2200 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She found a children's book about a Gnome Adept 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 has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 35000 sp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is light but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Mason. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Melissa lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She became a Mason soon after.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and doesn't want to be a mason and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 10000 cp. Jet (150 gp). Sard (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp).

Description: She wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. Her fur, while still mostly cinnamon, has prominent grey streaks. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her broad pastel hat.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Beast was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 16000 sp. Rich purple corundum (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'11". She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Maynild was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sculptor and was forced into it by her family; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 90 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes. She wears her bronze crest up. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Synthrin is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Synthrin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp).