Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in the west to a Butcher, Donella learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Akoth is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Ruler. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Slave, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. His crest is cut close to his head. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 6000 cp. Eye agate (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is blonde and very short. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Nature, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 sp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: This woman wears a blue costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. Her auburn hair is cut short. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Coral (120 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly halberds and sickles. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ulblyn grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ulblyn. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly morningstars and ceremonial daggers. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of a Shepherd, who enjoyed hunting, Oppah was taken on many hunting expeditions. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

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

Description: This man wears a fancy grey suit. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A gifted student he started as a Beggar, but he got bored and became a Interpreter. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 150 gp.