Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a violet vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her violet boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Sariel never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 90 gp. Chrysoberyl (80 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. After a long history of fighting, Merla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (5 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Rose (40 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her white hair is still thick. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Quilla hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When Quilla reached her early adolescence her Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 500 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She wears her brown hair up. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A freak accident while working with her Priest mother left her crippled. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 sp. Amethyst (130 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears professional attire. Her auburn hair is lengthy. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30 pp.

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 hair is chestnut and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates Dwarves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Soapmaker who has hired her part-time. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears dull pastel sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed quarterstaff, just in case. She wears a colorful flower in her yellow fur. Her eyes are yellow and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her sai, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Adelaide is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.