Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her hair is black and very short. She has amber eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Urshar is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When Urshar reached her early adolescence her Dwarf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Poor, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He carries with him a set of axes on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His ears are large.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a green shirt with thin red vertical stripes and black pants. Her crest is short and white. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Furrele was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has worked as a Fletcher like her mother before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: He wears a grey coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 120 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She is physically well-built. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. A gifted student she started as a Stableman, but she got bored and became a Server. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her half smiles and silver eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 cp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his morningstar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the left. He has amber eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Carpenter profession.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bellfounder. He's also a talented Carpenter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. With wild golden hair. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born in the west. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears bulky white painted plate armor. She has wavy white hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: Willow hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Willow was born the youngest of three triplets. Willow 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. Willow decided she wanted neither the life of her mother 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.