Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears baggy blue pantaloons and a grey scarf. She has a hunchback. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Mardnab's homeland. Mardnab decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 150 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this northern man usually wears his tan robe and has his club always slung over his shoulder. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Korfel was born the youngest of three triplets. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bowyer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Stableman, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Standing 3'8", this man very much looks the part of a Farmer. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Carter again; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

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

Description: A 6'6" eastern woman, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her brass crest is smooth and relatively long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Zykroff's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Zykroff liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. After a long history of fighting, Zykroff and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a fancy brown suit. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Guardian. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he very much looks the part of a Scribe. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He's also a talented Assassin, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 23000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. He has amber eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ûkbûk isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears professional attire. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Harbek was born with his mother's beautiful face. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 800 gp.