Description: This malnourished man wears a worn and beaten armor. His white hair is thinning but still full. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Kody was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Monk, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Monk in service of a powerful lord somewhere. 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 Mercenary. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears dull blue sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed longsword, just in case. His head has been shaved. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Roondar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp).

Description: She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a white coat with brown slacks, and she perpetually has her shield ready. She has moderate length black fur. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Edge alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 sp. Sard (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Standing 6'2", this woman wears a green broad hat and green clothes. Her silver crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Amethyst (60 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he prefers to wear flannel. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Einkil hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Einkil and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1300 sp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her silver crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Daar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to be a locksmith again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Marigold isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Marigold was born the youngest of three triplets. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mercenary and was forced into it by her family; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears her auburn hair down. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barber. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. With bright blonde hair. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. A friendly and beautiful Human, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her childhood dream was to be a Seamstress, but she was a colossal failure. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).