Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. Her bronze crest is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her first spouse was a Mayor, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 60 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She wears her red hair up. Her ears are large.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She worked as a nervous Apothecary and found it very stressful. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: To be a Guard again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat, marred by beers. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Cook who has hired him part-time. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to settle down with his crush

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Lazy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and tends to wear a large tan jacket. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. She has blue eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when she was still a young child. The gnolls captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. 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 Sage responsibilities is difficult; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a brown costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. He has blue eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He takes great joy in being the best Mortician in town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mortician for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a lance on his belt. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When Nordak reached his early adolescence his Dwarf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. 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. Nordak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this eastern man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His yellow fur is singed and shortened. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Ruler mother left him crippled. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a yellow shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born in the west. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.