Description: A 3'3" northern man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Broce was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 300 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Sard (70 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to be a performer again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Rich, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He bought a shortspear and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her hair is red and curly. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Myria is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. After coming to the age of reason, Myria took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears a fancy brown dress. Her cinnamon fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her copper eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Sage profession.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a sage again

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: Standing 3'5", this woman tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ranala fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This eastern woman wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her black hair is still thick. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is content

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Adventurer

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

Possessions: 150 pp. Azurite (4 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Eye agate (4 gp).

Description: Standing 4'9", this woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has no hair. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Yvonne liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.