Description: This dark-skinned female wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: Vadania speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 140 gp. Malachite (15 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'2" and is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering his clean studded leather. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has shaved his head bald. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, John was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Extrovert. Bonds: Nature, Family, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has no hair. Her black eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson black hat.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

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

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 50 gp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, violet shirt, and pastel tie, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has no fur. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Miner. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Miner for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This man wears a tan costume with the symbols of luck on his torso, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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 a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Paggen was born with his father's beautiful face. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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

Flaws: Cynical, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears just a black suit, and he perpetually has his crossbow ready. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is content

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: An older woman who prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her first spouse was a Cook, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.