Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She has shaved her head bald. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Engong isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 7000 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Coral (50 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Jet (50 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). White opal (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing a long, black cloak. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Priest hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has achieved small success as a Priest.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is content

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Religious, Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'0" when asserting herself. Her hair is brown and curly. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp).

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this southern woman wears a simple pastel robe with grey stripes complete with hood. She has dyed her greying orange fur a little too much giving a sharp orange color. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 pp. Jet (140 gp). Rose (40 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Blue-white diamond (8000 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Jade (140 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She wears her white fur up. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are yellow.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

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. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Drifting fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 5000 gp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Dimble embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'7" and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His black hair is cut short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Qualen lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Qualen took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up shield and armor he uses now. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Jet (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.