Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She usually wears her black robe and has her scimitar always slung over her shoulder. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are a pleasant silver.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Masseuse profession.

History: Shax hails from a village terrorized by drow. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Shax alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a green costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Seamstress for the past few years.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. His bronze crest is smooth and relatively long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

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. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Painter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 380 gp. Hematite (13 gp).

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. He has a dull look in his copper eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 51. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Traulam grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Bloodstone (60 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a violet deerstalker hat and violet clothes, marred by sweets. He has a very tight haircut. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Through the years after Caeldrim was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Caeldrim's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has worked as a Stylist like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and doesn't want to be a stylist and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a club on his belt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His yellow fur is heavily combed to the left. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Red garnet (130 gp). Eye agate (7 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. With bright blonde hair. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Ielenia was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Animal Trainer. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.