Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has moderate length auburn hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Gifted, Artistic. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Solid gold idol (600 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 a warm, jovial air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull grey iron scale mail. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Gardener profession.

History: Seebo was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears dull tan sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed trident, just in case. Her white hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bellfounder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. She wears a simple blue robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: The child of a Banker, who enjoyed hunting, Menny was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 4000 sp. White pearl (80 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Onyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears dull violet sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed greatsword, just in case. He has wavy golden hair. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 4000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is an epitome of beauty. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Geva hails from a village terrorized by giants. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Geva was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Erias wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. She is physically well-built. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her top black hat.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Tagga is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Tagga lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp.