Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Gurdis alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 11000 cp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 2'11" and wears just a red suit. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Cora was born with her father's beautiful face. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Unemployed work with an outfit from a few towns over. Unemployed work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He got into the Armorer business at a young age. When Dimble reached his early adolescence his Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He struck the Armorer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Coral (90 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has dyed her greying bronze crest a little too much giving a sharp bronze color. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Vezera and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 230 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Elizabeth was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many illithids want her driven away

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp. Amethyst (60 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: An older woman who 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, she is not a threatening figure. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer 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 has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a tan collared shirt and violet skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has blonde hair. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

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. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'7". She wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down, and her gloved hand is found clutching a glaive. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This eastern man wears dull tan sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Alston was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 42000 sp.