Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He wears his silver hair up. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Erky was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her yellow fur is lengthy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She takes great joy in being the best Marshal in town.

History: Skirt hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Skirt 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 Skirt. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 30 pp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears dull blue sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed longsword, just in case, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is short and white. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Salanop fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. His hair is golden and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Adrik never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Good lock.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His childhood dream was to be a Slave Trader, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Coral (140 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep silver.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Tailor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He got into the Tailor business at a young age. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is silver and very short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. He has wavy white hair. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Bundrigo alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Military, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 380 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.