Description: This slender woman stands about 3'3". She is wearing a long, tan cloak. She has slicked back brown hair. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in the south to a Sailor, Ella learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 20 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His skin is also unnaturally pale. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He bought a hand crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 60 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp).

Description: This woman wears a black cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Vorka was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Vorka decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She stands about 3'1" and wears a blue collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Courier arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her first spouse was a Shoemaker, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 sp. Amber (120 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are white and beady.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anakis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She stands about 6'5" and wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her long red crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Zykroff grew up listening to her father's many stories. She found a children's book about a Dragonborn Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Balifra lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 340 gp. Blue quartz (7 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she likes to wear black tank tops with white skirt. Her hair is white and very short. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She is a Bellfounder first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She became a Bellfounder soon after.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave, Guardian. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp).