Description: This northern woman wears green trousers with pastel and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her copper crest is still thick. Her half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Animal Trainer who has hired her part-time. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Raiann abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and wants a kiss

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Moss agate (13 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, violet shirt, and grey tie. She carries with her a set of sickles on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her white crest is heavily combed to the left. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Shy, Ugly. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 340 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp).

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Guard does. Her chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Pacifist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her hair is golden and very short. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Racist, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is light but she possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. She wears bulky grey painted plate armor. Her hair is golden and curly. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a Healer, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. During her travels, Ovina and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Ovina discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Ovina fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she likes to wear tan tank tops with brown skirt. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a violet coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His auburn hair is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bounty Hunter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is content; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 350 gp. Jet (120 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'4" and wears a yellow tunic with green highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and he is greedy

Flaws: Cynical, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.