Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. Her black hair is braided into rings. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Shava was born with her father's beautiful face. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 gp. Malachite (14 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His ears are large.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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, Qualen is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Qualen was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, black cloak. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady silver eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by a spirit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp).

Description: He wears dull grey sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sai, just in case. He carries with him a set of sais on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His parents enrolled him in a Wizard school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This southern man wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair is braided into rings. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a Apothecary, his father struggled to pay the bills. He found a children's book about a Half-Elf Ranger who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her bronze crest is lengthy. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A freak accident while working with her Slave Trader father left her crippled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Banded agate (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Peridot (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'2" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Herbalist work with an outfit from a few towns over. Herbalist work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He struck the Herbalist job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Mason again.

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp).

Description: Standing 3'6", this man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His white hair is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Jebeddo never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Elven compassion.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Hematite (5 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears bulky black painted plate armor. Sporting a golden mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Barber for hire.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist. Bonds: Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.