Description: She stands about 2'8" and wears bulky red painted plate armor. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has shaved her head bald. She is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vani grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Disciplined, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker white hat.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Dyer; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

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

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears bulky violet painted plate armor. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in the north to a Crown-heir, Ralf learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. She carries with her a set of crossbows on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. 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 father raised her in a mountain cabin. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Courier. She has worked as a Courier like her mother before her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to be a cartwright again

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Malachite (16 gp).

Description: This western man wears a blue coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Dreali was born the youngest of three triplets. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 320 pp. Azurite (16 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and carries clubs. His dark red hair is braided into rings. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After months of barely getting by, Mamnen managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has a crush on the local brewer

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jet (100 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Purah was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her childhood dream was to be a Barber, but she was a colossal failure. She became a Herbalist soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a barber again

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 gp. Banded agate (12 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'4". He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, brown shirt, and blue tie. His hair is long and golden with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vlorn grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's in love; and balancing his hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Secretive, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 5'9" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Fire opal (700 gp). Citrine (50 gp).