Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and yellow pants. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her childhood dream was to be a Brewer, but she was a colossal failure. Recently the stress of being a Shipwright has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 5000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: 2'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bounty Hunter. His cinnamon fur is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are yellow and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her ears are large.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Nogu is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Butcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Butcher work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. He has a very tight haircut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Blue quartz (8 gp).

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses like a well dressed Cartwright does. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He now owns his own business.

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.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a blue vest and prefers green and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is auburn and very short. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears dull tan sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed crossbow, just in case. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is a Miner first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 sp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a black coat with blue slacks. She keeps her yellow fur in a flapper bob. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. 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 recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many giants want her driven away

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hollow voice

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