Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a longsword, but if one is not available she will default to her falchion. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He carries a battered sai and tarnished warhammer as well. His hair is blue and curly. His silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Tethren was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tethren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Eye agate (9 gp). Rose (50 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. Her fur is lavender and very short. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Serpent is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Serpent was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 pp. White opal (700 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a black shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and violet pants. She wears her blue crest up. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Daar is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Daar never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1800 pp. Carnelian (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Amber (120 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Amber (120 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Soapmaker. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Oppleby abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Amber (110 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Roofer who has hired her part-time. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Menny grew up listening to her father's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Orla was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her first spouse was a Dilettante, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.