Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a fancy violet dress. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length yellow fur. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her first spouse was a Blacksmith, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Being a Shepherd kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This northern man very much looks the part of a Interpreter. His clothes are grease stained in places. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1900 sp. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She wears a brown small hat and brown clothes. She carries with her a set of crossbows, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her beige fur is matted, messy, and big. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has taken up work as a Fisher and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is typically in her Spice Merchant uniform. She has moderate length golden hair. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and expand her business

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Slave, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 150 gp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His red hair is cut short. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

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 works hard and plays hard.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He worked as a nervous Adventurer and found it very stressful. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Cynical, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears tattered old clothes. His white hair is cut short. He has green eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp).