Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mercenary. Her bronze crest, when down, is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. 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's also a talented Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tattered old clothes. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. 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: He was raised in a island tribe. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has wavy copper crest. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Mreksh speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a Carter, his father struggled to pay the bills. A freak accident while working with his Carter father left him crippled. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Mreksh was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Bloodstone (70 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She is dressed in earthy colors with a red and white handkerchief worn on her left side, marred by beers. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Lidda never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Map Maker responsibilities is difficult; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian, In love, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 21000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Shoemaker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Gerbo was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Paladin, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Paladin in service of a powerful lord somewhere. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He tends to his Shoemaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has white crest. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. After a long history of fighting, Kaladan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (11000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe, and carries scimitars. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her eyes are amber and beady.

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 will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Oolah grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Oolah. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Oolah never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 80 pp.