Description: This late middle aged woman very much looks the part of a Sage and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Torgga was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her childhood dream was to be a Dilettante, but she was a colossal failure. She's also a talented Dilettante, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and balancing her hectic life and new sage responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man wears dark leathers with embroidery. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Calcitro fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Rock crystal (30 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He worked as a nervous Fletcher and found it very stressful. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Fletcher responsibilities is difficult; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Coral (110 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the east were limited. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

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

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the south to a Actor, Gimgen learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Actor. He struck the Actor job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a fancy grey suit. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sai, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her cinnamon fur is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. 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: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

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

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs and is in decent physical shape. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

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. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 50 pp.