Description: 4'11" and muscular, this eastern woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Painter. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with green slacks, and carries kukris. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Panana fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Ahrim was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Sage.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is short and silver. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Riswynn studied abroad. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 6000 sp. A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. With wild white hair. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born in the east. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 90 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 59. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

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. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 36000 sp. Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak, and is pretty ugly. She sports silver long hair. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She worked as a nervous Adventurer and found it very stressful. She tends to her Adventurer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1200 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. He carries a battered halberd and tarnished shortspear as well. His head has been shaved. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Theren was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Theren decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To protect his home; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her crest is cut close to her head. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Her first spouse was a Sellsword, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is greedy

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.