Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair is white and very short. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Slave, Debt. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, pastel shirt, and violet tie, and carries whips. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Driindar hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 120000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her blue hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are silver and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Butcher.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 900 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a large tan jacket. She carries with her a set of halberds on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Drusilia enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Doctor for hire.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and balancing her hectic life and new doctor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'0". He wears tattered old clothes. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Racist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp. Onyx (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Reirak embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the west to a Beggar, Reirak learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Beggar for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Dyer again.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her red hair is well kept. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker grey hat.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ahlyssa studied abroad. A freak accident while working with her Unemployed father left her crippled. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Greedy, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born in the west. Patrick abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. 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 unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 130 gp.