Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses like a well dressed Miller does. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her top brown hat.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Miller.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Bonds: Job, Enemies, Military, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Emotional, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 pp. Gold and ruby ring (9000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His clothes are grease stained in places. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Jade (50 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Amber (50 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 bulky white painted plate armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sage. She has achieved small success as a Sage.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to be a shepherd again

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: 3'1" and muscular, this eastern woman prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. She has wavy chestnut hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. 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: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her childhood dream was to be a Tanner, but she was a colossal failure. She has achieved small success as a Dyer.

Motivation: To be a Tanner again.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 sp. Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a black collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She wears her white crest down. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. After a long history of fighting, Megren and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with grey slacks. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. His ears are large.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 210 pp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Peridot (20 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He keeps his dark red hair in a pixie cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Vassago hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His first spouse was a Banker, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3100 sp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate.