Description: An older woman who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, she is not a threatening figure. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Scribe and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Courier who has hired her part-time. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the north to a Courier, Salanop learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 150 gp. Blue quartz (11 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. He has brown eyes and a tan hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Igden isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Igden was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a pickaxe on her belt. Her purple hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Lerissa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has dyed her greying dark red hair a little too much giving a sharp dark red color. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep white.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Armara 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 Armara. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

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; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Blue quartz (9 gp).

Description: She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants, and she perpetually has her bastard sword ready. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1200 sp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Onyx (80 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is red, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time and is in decent physical shape. Her golden hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Priest and was forced into it by her family; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 cp. Emerald (400 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is still thick. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Through the years after Oskar was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Oskar's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 700 sp. Tourmaline (160 gp).