Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her ears are large.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. 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. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Roofer; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears professional attire. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His silver hair is cut short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Hobart is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Hobart is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Hobart was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 240 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, red shirt, and tan tie. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is an amazing painter.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Geoffrey grew up listening to his father's many stories. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is dressed in a clean red cloak covering his clean studded leather. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Assassin for the past few years.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears dull blue sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed falchion, just in case. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Thamior grew up listening to his mother's many stories. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 160 gp. 4 Holy water.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she tends to wear a large blue jacket. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She carries with her a set of kukris, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 110 gp.