Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of a Bather, who enjoyed hunting, Abalaba was taken on many hunting expeditions. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She bought a lance and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp).

Description: Standing 5'8", this woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Laborer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. 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: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Tim reached his early adolescence his Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a mercenary again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Kyle and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Fearful, Antagonistic. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 4000 cp. Chrysoprase (40 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She wears her white fur down. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

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. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She's also a talented Ruler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Eye agate (4 gp). 4 Alchemist’s fire. 3 Thunderstones. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair is black and curly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 160 gp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. He has moderate length white fur. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Scribe arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp).

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She wears her dark red hair up. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Moonstone (20 gp).