Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tattered old clothes. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents were killed by giants in a raid when she was still a young child. The giants captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp. Moss agate (4 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his feathered tan hat.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He tends to his Crown-heir job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Crown-heir responsibilities is difficult; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a grey coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the right. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born in a small island village. 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 been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a black shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her white hair is matted, messy, and big. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Bilga liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his bronze crest down. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He worked as a nervous Glassblower and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Jeweler. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has worked as a Jeweler like his father before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sculptor. He has a hunchback. His red hair is cut short. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sculptor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sculptor for hire.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 30 pp. Red spinel (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Quilla never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: He stands about 5'2" and wears a tan feathered hat and tan clothes. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He got into the Architect business at a young age. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Lamlis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Lamlis. He became a Architect soon after.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp. 4 Antitoxin. 4 Smokesticks.