Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. She has wavy golden hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Althaea wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Commoner, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: The child of a Bookbinder, who enjoyed hunting, Althaea was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Bookbinder. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Thradal speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Thradal was born with his mother's beautiful face. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fletcher. He's also a talented Mercenary, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 pp. Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Rose (60 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a hunchback. He has moderate length black hair. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His first spouse was a Barber, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Masseuse and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He carries with him a set of longswords on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His red crest is knotted and matted. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Greethen was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 4 Smokesticks.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She keeps her long blue crest kept up in a rat tail. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She got into the Doctor business at a young age. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 pp. Citrine (50 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears tattered old clothes. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a white collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a pastel scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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: Born in the north to a Engraver, Hamil learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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. He has worked as a Engraver like his father before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 4000 gp. Zircon (50 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Coral (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'7", this woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a Actor, her father struggled to pay the bills. She found a children's book about a Human Monk 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 became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 10 pp.