Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She worked as a nervous Navigator and found it very stressful. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a shield on his belt. His hair is black and very short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Hupe was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Scribe responsibilities is difficult; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 7000 sp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Lamlis is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He got into the Sage business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Sage and found it very stressful. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears just a tan suit. She has moderate length white hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Tippletoe hails from a village terrorized by giants. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Tippletoe was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away.

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 10000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 2 Alchemist’s fire. 4 Acid flasks. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His red hair is knotted and matted. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born in a small island village. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Emerald (900 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Coral (90 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a worn and beaten armor. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Lamlis wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Ranger, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1600 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and is pretty ugly. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

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 has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is physically well-built. His head has been shaved. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in the west to a Scribe, Wobbles learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He became a Scribe soon after.

Motivation: To be a Carpenter again; and balancing his hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is dressed in an above average manner. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. Through the years after Vanuath was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Vanuath's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp.