Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a tan tunic with yellow highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Salanop's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Salanop was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She tends to her Hunter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he very much looks the part of a Crown-heir. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: The child of a Marshal, who enjoyed hunting, Anselm was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He has achieved small success as a Crown-heir.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a brown broad hat and brown clothes. She has wavy auburn hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Whurdred speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Human compassion; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He stands about 3'4" and tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a very tight haircut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair, while still mostly purple, has prominent grey streaks. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Fletcher. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times, and he perpetually has his scimitar ready. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times, marred by teas. She has auburn hair. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'2" when asserting herself. Her scarlet crest is smooth and relatively long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 sp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp).