Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. She sports a flattop fur cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Guard. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 sp. Amethyst (80 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Roywyn isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. 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: Roywyn was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: A 6'5" southern man, he wears bulky black painted plate armor. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. 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: Odorr was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To be a Sailor again; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Gaaki was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker, Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 110 pp. Silver pearl (110 gp). Hematite (5 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and is dressed in earthy colors with a black and blue handkerchief worn on her left side. Her brass crest, when down, is lengthy. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Eggren is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Eggren was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Shipwright. She has worked as a Shipwright like her father before her.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shipwright and was forced into it by her family; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Job, In love. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1900 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. The war was a terrible time for her, and Philomena does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Ruler. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her childhood dream was to be a Bellfounder, but she was a colossal failure. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Ruler for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Painter does. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Sun was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Recently the stress of being a Painter has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: To be a Healer again; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1800 gp. Silver pearl (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp).

Description: She wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars, and she perpetually has her sickle ready. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

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 always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Hedonist. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 gp.