Description: This woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Seamstress hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

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

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a fancy black dress. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She takes great joy in being the best Stableman in town.

History: She got into the Stableman business at a young age. 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 has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: She dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her white crest is thinning but still full. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Akra grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Akra. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Revenge; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with tan slacks. His hair is short and red. He has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Kairon was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Kairon decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: Nala speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Nala was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When Nala reached her early adolescence her Dragonborn mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gifted student he started as a Stableman, but he got bored and became a Bookbinder. 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. Einkil 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: Fighting, Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 cp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a blue costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Through the years after Erevan was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Erevan's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He became a Bookbinder soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20 gp. Peridot (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has done her best to style her cinnamon fur to look like a famous performer. She has green eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the south were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Sard (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.