Description: This dark-skinned female wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears her brown hair up. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Vorka enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. 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. 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. Vorka fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 140 pp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and is pretty ugly. His hair is auburn and curly. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2100 sp. 4 Holy water. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a green wide-brimmed hat and green clothes. His dark red hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2700 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Hourglass. 1 Crowbar.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

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. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: White pearl (50 gp).

Description: 3'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Fargas was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Fortune-teller. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears bulky red painted plate armor. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 2. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and to be a glassblower again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with grey slacks. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has no hair. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1100 gp. Amber (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear brown tank tops with black pants. He wears his black fur down. His ears are large.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 900 gp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Malachite (12 gp).