Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a worn and beaten armor. She has wavy auburn hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born into a rich family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She stands about 6'3" and wears a black collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her crest is copper and curly. Her ears are large.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in the north to a Mason, Doudra learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 11000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His head has been shaved. He is baby faced.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Dimble embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He likes to wear black tank tops with grey pants. His dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and balancing his hectic life and new sculptor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. Her hair is short and white. 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 is irascible and easily irritated. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She got into the Actor business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Sculptor, but she got bored and became a Actor. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Actor for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 4000 sp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Moss agate (11 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'0". He wears just a white suit, and his gloved hand is found clutching a axe. His blonde hair is still thick. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Faran grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A gifted student he started as a Healer, but he got bored and became a Sage. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Sage and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He wears his yellow fur down. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

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

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: He wears a white tunic with blue highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He carries with him a set of kukris on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His tied-back hair is brown. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Fargas grew up listening to his father's many stories. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Fargas's homeland. Fargas decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 70000 cp. Sard (40 gp).