Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'0" when asserting herself. She wears her auburn hair down. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is an amazing painter.

History: She is a Hag in disguise. 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 60 pp. Malachite (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His brass crest is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears red trousers with black and pastel striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Stylist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His hair is cut close to his head. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Nalral is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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 terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is greedy

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 3'6" and wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. She has no hair. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his pastel robe. He has a hunchback. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born in the north. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: She stands about 3'3" and wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born to a Stableman, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears dull black sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sword, just in case. Her purple hair is long and unkept. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she has a crush on the local actor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 sp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: This malnourished man very much looks the part of a Farmer. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Farmer. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Farmer for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.