Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly flails and glaives. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Arara was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Arara decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: She stands about 4'7" and prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. 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: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to protect her home

Bonds: Guardian, Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a black costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep white.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is short and golden. 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 is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Bhevek reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Barrister

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

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'5". He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barber. His yellow fur is singed and shortened. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Emerald grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is white and very short. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Nuraval was born with his mother's beautiful face. His childhood dream was to be a Priest, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a grey shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is content

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Mason born in the past three hundred years. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp).