Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His hair is short and auburn. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts and is in decent physical shape. She keeps her brass crest in a pixie cut. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born into a rich family. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 8000 cp. Azurite (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Onyx (30 gp).

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Carlin hails from a village terrorized by drow. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many drow want her driven away

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'0". He wears just a tan suit, and his gloved hand is found clutching a hand crossbow. His hair is brown and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. 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: Suhnae hails from a village terrorized by goblins. At some point he was captured by goblins and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 70 gp. Obsidian (6 gp). 1 Superior lock.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is yellow, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She keeps her rusty crest in a pixie cut. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. During her travels, Antrara and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Antrara discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Antrara fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears tan trousers with white and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing music.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is typically in her Performer uniform. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in the east to a Performer, Shax learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: This man has the majority of his body covered in plate, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His yellow fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Emerald is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2100 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears professional attire. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He is baby faced.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Through the years after Shane was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Shane's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Shane and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1500 gp.