Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He stands about 2'11" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a very tight haircut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a worn and beaten armor, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She keeps her blue hair in a pixie cut. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Seere has worked very hard to control her curse. 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: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: In love, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears skinny pants and wears a white and black robe with the hood down. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Andry hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Revenge; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane, Shy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Cook

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: The child of a Hunter, who enjoyed hunting, Arnold was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arnold fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 90 gp. Onyx (20 gp). 3 Thunderstones.