Description: A 4'1" northern woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has amber eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Thodris hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Thodris has worked very hard to control her curse. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He wears his scarlet crest down. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ildrex studied abroad. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. She keeps her yellow fur in a flapper bob. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man usually wears his black robe and has his falchion always slung over his shoulder. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is afraid of men and trembles around them

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 80 gp. Moss agate (5 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished ceremonial dagger as well. He wears his purple hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Oriax was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bowyer. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 10 pp. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing a long, white cloak. With wild black hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 160 gp. Azurite (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tan collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 48. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortspears and quarterstaffs. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker yellow hat.

Personality: Alice speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 cp. Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He wears his white hair up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Beggar hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

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

Possessions: 70 pp.