Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

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. Her first spouse was a Stableman, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Backpack. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Silk rope.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. 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: Retire the richest woman in the east; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Amber (60 gp). Jasper (80 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'1". She wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her brown hair is well kept. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Through the years after Tippletoe was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Tippletoe's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a spear, but if one is not available he will default to his rapier. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Masseuse. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp. Moonstone (50 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who tends to wear a large violet jacket. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She carries a battered longsword and tarnished trident as well. She wears her green crest up. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the east to a Miller, Blendaeth learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Miller. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Miller for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 16000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears professional attire. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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 comes from a rich southern family. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Jasper (80 gp).