Description: She wears a brown costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Avelina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2700 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with white slacks. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is typically in her Crown-heir uniform. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. Being a Crown-heir kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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 sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears professional attire. He keeps his red fur in a pixie cut. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Drifting was born with his mother's beautiful face. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has a very tight haircut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'9" and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jane grew up listening to her father's many stories. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Anbera was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: This woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has slicked back brown hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Gifted from a young age, Werydd studied abroad. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1300 sp.