Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She is wearing a long, grey cloak, marred by chocolates. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Helgret was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 180 gp. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is typically in his Crown-heir uniform. He wears his dark red hair down. He has gold eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Marshal does. He is physically well-built. His cinnamon fur is braided into rings. His yellow eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His first spouse was a Locksmith, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Marshal.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses like a well dressed Mason does. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mason. Being a Mason 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. With bright black hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She usually wears her white robe and has her crossbow always slung over her shoulder, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'8" when asserting herself. She wears her golden hair up. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. 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: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (40 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her green crest is knotted and matted. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Harann's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Gifted from a young age, Harann studied abroad. Harann liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Marshal for hire.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 160 gp. Jasper (60 gp).