Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Alain was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A 5'5" eastern man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His hair is chestnut and curly. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Paelias is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. A freak accident while working with her Farmer mother left her crippled. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is typically in her Map Maker uniform. Her white crest is still thick. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a great chef.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Daar was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and tends to wear a large yellow jacket. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'3" and wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 50 gp. Iolite (70 gp).

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Simon grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Simon. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He sports a flattop fur cut. His fierce copper eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: She wears a yellow coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head, and carries scimitars. Her hair is black and very short. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Rosalind was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A freak accident while working with her Scribe father left her crippled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 6000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp).