Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her copper eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Cloak was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Shipwright. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His hair is cut close to his head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shields and warhammers. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Manfred hails from a village terrorized by goblins. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A 3'6" northern man, he wears a blue small hat and blue clothes. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. After coming to the age of reason, Eberdeb took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Eberdeb never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Poor, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Sard (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She wears her white hair down. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jarsali fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. Her fur is lavender and curly. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Shipwright arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She carries with her a set of whips, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

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 father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nurkara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He usually wears his black robe and has his ceremonial dagger always slung over his shoulder. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his ceremonial dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His blue hair is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mercenary but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his youth he was a Blacksmith, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this northern woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Jarsali was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Spy. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.