Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. With bright brown hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Verna lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greataxe.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Iolite (60 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She carries a battered hammer and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 pp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Jade (100 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Onyx (40 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a Barkeep first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Geva is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the south to a Barkeep, Geva learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Barkeep. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a hunchback. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Percival is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born in a small island village. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tan trousers with white and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Dilettante. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She tends to her Dilettante job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 800 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She usually wears her blue robe and has her morningstar always slung over her shoulder. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Elama hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor, and he perpetually has his greataxe ready. His fur is cut close to his head. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. The war was a terrible time for him, and Serpent does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born in the west. Through the years after Serpent was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Serpent's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Serpent fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1200 pp. Black pearl (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).