Description: This tall, slender woman wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Helja lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Helja never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 9000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He carries with him a set of crossbows on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His copper crest, when down, is lengthy. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 59. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He comes from a rich western family. After coming to the age of reason, Nykkan took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black opal (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a pastel vest and prefers blue and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has beige fur. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sailor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). White opal (800 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Jet (60 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). White opal (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a fancy blue dress. Her tied-back hair is red. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Jet (90 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears his golden hair up. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Beggar but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Pacifist. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with white slacks, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'5" when asserting herself. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Merchant profession.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her childhood dream was to be a Merchant, but she was a colossal failure. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1200 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.