Description: A 5'4" eastern woman, she prefers to wear flannel. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Valanthe will drive conversation. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born into a rich family. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Guard. She has achieved small success as a Guard.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Blue quartz (15 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. During his travels, Nim and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Nim discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Nim fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

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

Possessions: 3000 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His dark red hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Insomniac. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is blonde and curly. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Hematite (12 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. She has moderate length golden hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 30 pp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a yellow coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: John was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She hates Dwarves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Insane, Racist, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His brown hair is still thick. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Jade (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her head has been shaved. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 40 pp. 2 Thunderstones.