Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a simple blue robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nyx embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Zircon (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has dyed her greying bronze crest a little too much giving a sharp bronze color. She tend to wears goggles to shield her 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. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears dull tan sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed lance, just in case. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Layabout business.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 sp. Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull green iron scale mail. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her head has been shaved. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Rose's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. A true patriot, Rose would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. Black star sapphire (400 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Miller. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time, marred by teas. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a tattooed face.

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. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a Spy, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Jeweler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a white shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and blue pants. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. 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: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He sports a flattop fur cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly lances and monstrous two handed axes. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her ears are large.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. The war was a terrible time for her, and Greeba does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and balancing her hectic life and new sailor responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 40 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.