Description: This light-skinned female tends to wear a large grey jacket. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She sports red long hair. She has green eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born into a rich family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a blue shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and green pants, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her silver hair is long and unkept. 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 believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Scribe. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). Being a Scribe kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is still thick. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Naeris is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Naeris and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 20 gp. Jade (60 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has slicked back red hair. She has violet eyes and a grey hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her brown hair is cut short. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: The child of a Spice Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Susannah was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a mite stocky and prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. With wild black hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Servant father left her crippled. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Yevelda never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His brown fur is heavily combed to the left. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 40 gp. Deep green spinel (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

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. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 280 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp).