Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a simple brown robe with white stripes complete with hood. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: The child of a Carter, who enjoyed hunting, Helja was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She bought a sickle and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 20 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: She stands about 6'0" and is dressed in earthy colors with a white and grey handkerchief worn on her right side. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Volen isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. A true patriot, Volen would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Volen was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Weaver. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He likes to wear black tank tops with brown pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in a small island village. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She found a children's book about a Elf Barbarian who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a long, violet cloak, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: Korfel was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Racist. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His black hair is cut short. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the north to a Dyer, Rolf learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rolf grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Rolf. Being a Dyer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to be a soapmaker again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Onyx (80 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and she perpetually has her lance ready. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She hates Dwarves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She takes great joy in being the best Gardener in town.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Gardener. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is dressed in an above average manner. She has wavy blonde hair. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Quillathe hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. 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: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a large pastel jacket. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her cinnamon fur is heavily combed to the left. She has green eyes and a pastel hat with a black feather.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents enrolled her in a Monk school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She's also a talented Spy, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Emotional, Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1100 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.