Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Adelaide was born the youngest of three triplets. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His black hair is cut short. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Naeris lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has worked as a Barkeep like his father before him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy orange fur. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat. He has a hunchback. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 10 pp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears long strands of amethyst and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His black hair is still thick. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. 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 is greedy; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She tends to wear a large pastel jacket. Her cinnamon fur is unkempt and raggedy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Interpreter. She struck the Interpreter job and began her own company from there.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

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 is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Disease. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Buvvie was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Shipwright. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Armara was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shipwright and was forced into it by her family; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a yellow coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Galiena 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. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. 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 she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Citrine (20 gp).