Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears suspenders and violet workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her childhood dream was to be a Cook, but she was a colossal failure. She has achieved small success as a Stylist.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver ewer (70 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing, and is pretty ugly. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Antagonistic. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and dresses like a well dressed Jeweler does. Her white fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has achieved small success as a Jeweler.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. White pearl (80 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Rose (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is obsessed with his god.

History: The child of a Sellsword, who enjoyed hunting, Balam was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 8000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Yebe embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Yebe was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Yebe fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Silvo lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Malachite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her black fur is heavily combed to the right. Her ears are large.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her 14th 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 got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 pp. Malachite (10 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Jade (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Amber (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Amber (40 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Sard (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.