Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his broad brown hat.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Gimgen hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting gnolls, the young Gimgen began to lead the lost caravan. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Jade (70 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a fancy pastel dress. Her fur, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Spring is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). White opal (500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished trident as well. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Mercenary they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Guard, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He carries a battered greatsword and tarnished lance as well. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has violet eyes and a white hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Torz fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He wears a blue coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. After coming to the age of reason, Ribbles took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. Citrine (60 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born into a rich family. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Ghâm never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a long, yellow cloak. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Stylist. He's also a talented Blacksmith, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Blacksmith again; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her yellow fur, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Aura is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.