Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a fancy violet suit. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 5 Acid flasks. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: She wears dull blue sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed monstrous two handed axe, just in case. She is physically well-built. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Lilli was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

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

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull blue iron scale mail. She has shaved her head bald. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ownka does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying north to reunite her family. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Layabout. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. He carries with him a set of tridents on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He has no hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Odorr was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Herleva will drive conversation. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Herleva grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Herleva has worked very hard to control her curse. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her black hair is long and unkept. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Torgga will drive conversation. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She bought a crossbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a yellow collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair is red and curly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Emeny embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Emeny grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Through the years after Emeny was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Emeny's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Brakka was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Good lock.