Description: He stands about 5'2" and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a very tight haircut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. 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. He bought a dagger and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 110 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp).

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: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears baggy white pantaloons and a blue scarf. She sports chestnut long hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 900 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears dark leathers with embroidery. His tied-back hair is golden. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed white hat.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He worked as a nervous Interpreter and found it very stressful. He has achieved small success as a Interpreter.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. He carries with him a set of longswords, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Map Maker born in the past three hundred years. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Born in the west to a Map Maker, Ivellios learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and to be a carpenter again

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: An older woman who is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, she is not a threatening figure. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She is baby faced.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born in the west. 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 left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 900 gp. Coral (90 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her black fur is knotted and matted. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Tree was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Tree's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 5000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears her blonde hair up. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.