Description: Standing 5'2", this woman prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. Her red hair is lengthy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A freak accident while working with her Carpenter mother left her crippled. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Armara never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 20 gp. Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 2'10" when asserting himself. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Farmer. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a black costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. He keeps his long copper crest kept up in a rat tail. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Guard business.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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: Wants to work out more often; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'7". He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is brown and very short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is a Server first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He carries with him a set of falchions on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He has white hair. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Orsik isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Orsik was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length red hair. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Faral hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying west to reunite her family. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Forgetful, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. A gifted student she started as a Healer, but she got bored and became a Cook. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 cp. Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears an entirely grey suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Taklinn 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 to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: Standing 6'8", this woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her scarlet crest is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is mildly Dragonborn supremacist, though she does not identify as such. 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 always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.