Description: She wears a fancy yellow dress. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortbows and axes. She wears her auburn hair down. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Mara lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Through the years after Mara was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Mara's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

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.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 70 gp. Tourmaline (100 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tattered old clothes. His black hair is long and unkept. He has white eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Priest

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: 3'6" and muscular, this eastern woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Waywocket was born the youngest of three triplets. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He tends to wear a yellow poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish, Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her head has been shaved. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Emotional. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a violet shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and black pants. She is an epitome of beauty. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and revenge

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Dragonborn supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Nykkan was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nykkan was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 340 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). 1 Superior lock.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man is dressed in earthy colors with a red and grey handkerchief worn on his right side. He has a very tight haircut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Burto hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Burto hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Revenge; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 140 gp.