Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shield with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and is pretty ugly. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She hates Gnomes with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her first spouse was a Mortician, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fletcher and was forced into it by her family; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: She wears a fancy white dress. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Volen embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

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. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Volen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 sp. Rose (70 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 very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Gilbert wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Gilbert lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 Scribe. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Chay is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Tanner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Armara took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up ceremonial dagger and armor she uses now. 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: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Hedonist, Greedy. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Stableman. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in the south to a Stableman, Thorpe learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stableman.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears a fancy tan suit. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: She wears an entirely brown suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She carries with her a set of maces, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has a very tight haircut. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her small brown hat.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Dyer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has achieved small success as a Dyer.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp.