Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears professional attire. She has black hair. She has blue eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Sard (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Erdan is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in the south to a Jeweler, Erdan learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He tends to his Jeweler job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Alvyn embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Alvyn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 27000 sp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears tattered old clothes. His head has been shaved. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a green wide-brimmed hat and green clothes. His hair is black and curly. His white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He got into the Dyer business at a young age. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep green spinel (90 gp). Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. He carries with him a set of greataxes on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Cynical, Ugly. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'5" and muscular, this eastern man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His red fur is greasy and uncared for. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His first spouse was a Shepherd, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 2'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his golden hair up. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Pirithin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and revenge

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (6 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Hematite (6 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears professional attire. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Naeris was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Fisher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 260 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp).