Description: 6'0" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a white collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 20 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a longsword on her belt. She has a hunchback. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born in the north. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: Mhurren 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. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mhurren studied abroad. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Healer. He has achieved small success as a Healer.

Motivation: To be a Bowyer again.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 110 gp. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp. White opal (1000 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with black slacks, marred by sweets. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Terse. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 150 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears his scarlet crest up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rathkran grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Rathkran. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 130 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her copper crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This woman prefers to wear flannel, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her chestnut hair is well kept. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Birel was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A 4'8" eastern woman, she wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle 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 plains due to the painful memories there. Emen took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up kukri and armor she uses now. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.