Description: This woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 16000 sp. Amber (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: She got into the Unemployed business at a young age. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. He is an epitome of beauty. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Justice, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 140 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. A true patriot, Virra would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Virra was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. 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: Wants to work out more often; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 18000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gimgen 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 Gimgen. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1100 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Rose (20 gp). Amber (60 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Family, Rich, In love, Attractive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her quarterstaff with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is an epitome of beauty. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Virra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Mortician they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Shipwright, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: 6'9" and muscular, this southern man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Cressel is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Cressel has worked very hard to control his curse. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Painter. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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 has worked as a Painter like her father before her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Logical, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 60 pp. Azurite (8 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp).