Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has gold eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Shax was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Tourmaline (130 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'10". She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. 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 a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Hadwisa was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. After a long history of fighting, Hadwisa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has wavy black hair. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her small blue hat.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Zanna embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has done his best to style his dark red hair to look like a famous performer. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Farmer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his lance with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Through the years after Zed was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Zed's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Zed and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull yellow iron scale mail and is in decent physical shape. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To pay off her debts.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (8 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. 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: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Marshal they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Mason, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 30000 cp. A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Tanner. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Trym grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Tanner and was forced into it by his family; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp.