Description: This younger middle-aged woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is short and white. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Shoemaker born in the past three hundred years. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Engong has worked very hard to control her curse. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: In love, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1900 sp. Fire opal (400 gp). 1 Backpack. 1 Simple lock.

Description: He wears professional attire. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

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: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He comes from a rich western family. 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 has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Eye agate (6 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. 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. Ranala 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 she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. With wild red hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Detective for hire.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her black hair is long and unkept. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Engong was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Through the years after Engong was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Engong's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Antagonistic. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His first spouse was a Actor, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.