Description: She wears a white shirt with thin green vertical stripes and black pants. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: She has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 pp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Coral (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Amber (40 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her fur is gray and curly. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Dynamic abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rose (80 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Amber (100 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her falchion with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a very tight haircut. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Ploughman. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She struck the Ploughman job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 5000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, brown shirt, and yellow tie. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 7000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'10" and is wearing a long, black cloak. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born in the west 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 recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 800 pp. A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp).