Description: This southern woman wears dull black sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed crossbow, just in case. Her clothes are grease stained in places. With wild auburn hair. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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: Volen was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Barkeep hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Superior lock. 1 Average lock.

Description: This man wears silk and lounges about seductively, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown fur has been sun bleached extensively. This copper eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Art was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a barber again

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

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

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This woman tends to wear a large brown jacket, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Adventurer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to protect her home

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is a great chef.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Pyntle took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up axe and armor she uses now. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has dyed her greying silver crest a little too much giving a sharp silver color. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 54. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive, Ugly. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her golden hair is well kept. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Sailor. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She's also a talented Miner, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new sailor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Azaki liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He bought a crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears skinny pants and wears a tan and black robe with the hood down. She has shaved her head bald. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Engraver responsibilities is difficult; and to be a unemployed again

Flaws: Hedonist, Selfish, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp).