Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Miner business.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 80 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a shield on his belt. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady white eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished club as well. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

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. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a blue vest and prefers green and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. 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 is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Meriele was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, 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; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her blue hair is smooth and relatively long. She has silver eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Eldon embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Eldon 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; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She prefers to wear pastel clothing when she does not wear armor. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her ceremonial dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her red fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has no hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Gifted from a young age, Emeny studied abroad. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a grey scarf. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His red crest is heavily combed to the left. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

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. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Simple lock.