Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. With bright silver hair. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Cumpen's homeland. Cumpen decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and he perpetually has his greataxe ready. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nikki grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature trident.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy gold crest. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a hunchback. Her gold crest is long and unkept. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student she started as a Shoemaker, but she got bored and became a Dilettante. She struck the Dilettante 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: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 pp. Moonstone (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears a yellow shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, marred by beers. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 900 pp. Onyx (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 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: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Through the years after Kipper was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Kipper's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Kipper and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 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 (10 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She likes to wear white tank tops with black skirt. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Portia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 5000 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.