Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a white vest and prefers black and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Gifted from a young age, Volen studied abroad. 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 used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Animal Trainer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Nurkara hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Her childhood dream was to be a Mortician, but she was a colossal failure. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: This woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Siffress embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born in the east. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Tanner born in the past three hundred years. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is an epitome of beauty. His tied-back hair is black. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Theobald was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Theobald alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has worked as a Sailor like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Paela was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Paela was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: Standing 6'7", this man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying south to reunite his family. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

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 has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears her golden hair down. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1700 gp.