Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She bought a hammer and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Chalcedony (50 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears dull yellow sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed morningstar, just in case. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Farmer who has hired him part-time. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the north to a Farmer, Kyle learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Bounty Hunter, but he got bored and became a Farmer. He became a Farmer soon after.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 90 pp. Azurite (4 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her gray fur, when down, is lengthy. Her yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 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 comes from a rich northern family. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. After a long history of fighting, Tricking and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Miller; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has slicked back silver hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Map Maker again.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a green cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Pyra 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. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Guard. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a black coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and revenge

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Amber (140 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a tan collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born in the east. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and half-elven compassion

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 31000 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Astar was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Astar decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 18000 sp.