Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is physically well-built. She wears her red hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: She was born in the north. Dara was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mason. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Emerald (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. He wears his brown hair down. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Knight. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has achieved small success as a Knight.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 45000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Nora was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 160 pp. Azurite (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Fibblestib is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. After a long history of fighting, Fibblestib and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 40000 sp.

Description: She is typically in her Fisher uniform. She carries a battered scythe and tarnished bow as well. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

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. A gifted student she started as a Carpenter, but she got bored and became a Fisher. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 14. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp).

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has styled her blonde hair well, parting it to the left. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Ilga enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 13000 sp. Jade (150 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Percival was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has achieved small success as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 60 pp. Silver pearl (120 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).