Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her golden hair is still thick. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and to reunite with her old friends

Bonds: Attractive, In love, Enemies, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Kipper was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. 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. Kipper fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion.

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 13000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are white and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He became a Priest soon after.

Motivation: To be a Hunter again.

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He has wavy red hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Expert school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30000 cp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'11" eastern woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. 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 daughter.

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. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars, and carries bastard swords. He has styled his orange fur well, parting it to the right. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Blue-white diamond (2000 gp). Amethyst (100 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, violet shirt, and green tie. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 pp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Rose (60 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. She sports black long hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Seamstress but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

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. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: This woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has no hair. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Matilda was born the youngest of three triplets. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer, Family, Debt. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 50 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).