Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has a hunchback. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. She has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tiefling conditions. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Verin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Shy, Disease. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'2" eastern man, he wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He has dyed his greying beige fur a little too much giving a sharp beige color. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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: Harvest was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. His dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Red spinel (110 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Coral (110 gp).

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Broce took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up nunchaku and armor he uses now. He bought a nunchaku and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with tan slacks. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Ur-Lisak is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light yellow in addition to tight pants. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. 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: Nutae lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Nutae alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Nutae was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has no hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Artin has worked very hard to control her curse. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Secretive, Insomniac. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her long black crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.