Description: She is in excellent shape and wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Joan was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and he perpetually has his shield ready. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Alvyn embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 cp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Isabella was born with her mother's beautiful face. Isabella was born on a far southern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Bowyer. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: 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: Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male wears an entirely white suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his feathered white hat.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: 4'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He takes great joy in being the best Dyer in town.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Dyer for hire.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, In love. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 30 pp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a simple blue robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: Lamlis is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lamlis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Wobbles was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 sp. Azurite (10 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a lance on her belt. Her head has been shaved. She is baby faced.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 130 gp.