Description: 4'2" and muscular, this western woman is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a green vest and prefers tan and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His red crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Heskan has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Seebo lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. With wild brown hair. Her eyes are green.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A freak accident while working with her Carter mother left her crippled. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 sp. White pearl (130 gp).

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Actor. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She became a Actor soon after.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Actor responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 6'1", this woman wears a black shirt, with a pastel mid length skirt with pastel tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents were killed by brigands in a raid when she was still a young child. The brigands captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: This man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. Chad is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Chad was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Dilettante. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'6" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Bernard was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her left hand. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She hates Gnomes with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is an amazing painter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Salanop studied abroad. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 140 gp.