Description: She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has no hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Engong hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Engong 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 Engong. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Williamina was born with her mother's beautiful face. 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 west. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears dull black sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sword, just in case. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ilga grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 pp. Citrine (30 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, violet shirt, and pastel tie and is in decent physical shape. Her black fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a yellow tunic with blue highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has no hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Soveliss alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a long, brown cloak. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Opinionated, Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Mantus is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

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's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Carnelian (50 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'2" and wears just a green suit. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length purple hair. He has gold eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Tanner born in the past three hundred years. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Military, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 pp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Zircon (70 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Amber (120 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Onyx (70 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is short and red. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.