Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His black hair is braided into rings. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born into a rich family. When Erky reached his early adolescence his Gnome 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sculptor they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Courier, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: A middle-aged man, he sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and is pretty ugly. His bronze crest is knotted and matted. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Unemployed arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His childhood dream was to be a Bricklayer, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Bricklayer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'1". She dresses like a well dressed Healer does, and her gloved hand is found clutching a longsword. She has a very tight haircut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Healer. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Healer for hire.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: 4'0" and muscular, this western man wears a grey shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has shaved his head bald. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. 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.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. She has no hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'0" when asserting herself. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. 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 the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a shortbow on his belt. His head has been shaved. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A freak accident while working with his Ploughman mother left him crippled. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive, Disease. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'11" and is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He uses divination through singing.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. After coming to the age of reason, Aramil took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the north to a Unemployed, Galiena learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She bought a club and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and many dire rats want her driven away

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.