Description: She tends to wear a pastel poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She sports a flattop fur cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She refers to her adoptive father 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: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears long strands of jet and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Anbera is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Shoemaker profession.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her childhood dream was to be a Shoemaker, but she was a colossal failure. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Irish accent

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

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. The war was a terrible time for him, and Einkil does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Emen's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born into a rich family. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair is short and brown. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Malquis was born the youngest of three triplets. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 18000 cp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her ears are large.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is chestnut and very short. He is baby faced.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Akoth has worked very hard to control his curse. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Akoth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 50000 cp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears dull black sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed falchion, just in case. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and many drow want her driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1800 gp. Obsidian (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.