Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her scarlet crest in a pixie cut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his monstrous two handed axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 48000 sp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his club, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Wobbles isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She very much looks the part of a Doctor. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is short and red. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Hadwisa has worked very hard to control her curse. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Doctor for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: He got into the Barber business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Barber work with an outfit from a few towns over. Barber work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thervan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse, Racist. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his broad brown hat.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Roland hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears professional attire. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She tends to her Animal Trainer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Animal Trainer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A 3'3" southern man, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Warryn was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. 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 hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Shanairla isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 sp. Carnelian (70 gp). Jet (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp).