Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. She wears her blonde hair down. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 pp.

Description: 6'10" and muscular, this eastern man wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. He has no fur. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Shy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp).

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear flannel. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her tied-back hair is white. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Guard. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Murook liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Amethyst (70 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'2" and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Darrak enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Darrak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 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.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Rose embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Rose was born the youngest of three triplets. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 12000 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Sard (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of a Banker, who enjoyed hunting, Meriele was taken on many hunting expeditions. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: She wears a fancy blue dress, and she perpetually has her trident ready. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Chaedi was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Sellsword work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sellsword work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Sellsword job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new sellsword responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Sard (80 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Azurite (5 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.