Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she very much looks the part of a Shipwright. She wears her brass crest down. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born in the west to a Shipwright, Farideh learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Shipwright work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shipwright work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a large tan jacket. He carries a battered longsword and tarnished spear as well. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a very tight haircut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has taken up work as a Barkeep and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1800 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy copper crest. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a hunchback. His copper crest is singed and shortened. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: The child of a Miller, who enjoyed hunting, Shedinn was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears a worn and beaten armor, marred by teas. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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, Bilga is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 80 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears her white hair up. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Unvera grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He found a children's book about a Gnome Bard 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 spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male wears white trousers with grey and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Bhevek is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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. Bhevek fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. She is baby faced.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born in the west. Through the years after Rohesia was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Rohesia's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.