Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a pastel coat, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her black fur is smooth and relatively long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines copper.

Personality: Beast is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She takes great joy in being the best Miner in town.

History: Beast was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Beast never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job, Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 5000 cp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a tan shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and green pants. She carries with her a set of lances on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. Her white hair is thinning but still full. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: The child of a Fletcher, who enjoyed hunting, Mialee was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears her silver hair up. Her white eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Kallista lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Healer and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. He carries with him a set of nunchakus on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. He wears his chestnut hair down. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict, Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears an entirely brown suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Mary lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2300 sp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. He has brown hair. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Brewer. He is an amazing painter.

History: He got into the Brewer business at a young age. His parents enrolled him in a Aristocrat school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Brewer for the past few years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Map Maker for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 220 gp. Red spinel (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she typically wears pastel cloth garments or leather armor. Her gray fur is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.