Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she likes to wear blue tank tops with black skirt, and is pretty ugly. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a simple brown robe with black stripes complete with hood. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is afraid of men and trembles around them

History: Clerebold lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Bhevek was born the youngest of three triplets. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Dyer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing a long, green cloak. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Makaria lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 700 sp. Jade (110 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'1" when asserting herself. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Being a Slave Trader kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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 she is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small grey clips. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Gifted from a young age, Matilda studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Matilda took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: 3'1" and muscular, this western woman wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the left. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Veloptima embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Veloptima was born with her mother's beautiful face. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. After a long history of fighting, Veloptima and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 130 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: She very much looks the part of a Miller, and she perpetually has her hand crossbow ready. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her childhood dream was to be a Tanner, but she was a colossal failure. She became a Miller soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Logical. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 70 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp).