Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her black hair is lengthy. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Ermina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

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

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Oriff was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Unemployed for hire.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Engraver. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (160 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. Her dark red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Pyra reached her early adolescence her Tiefling mother 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. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 50 gp. Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears long strands of aquamarine and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His ears are large.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born into a rich family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 170 gp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Pennie was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: She wears just a blue suit. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Baker born in the past three hundred years. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a monstrous two handed axe, but if one is not available he will default to his trident. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Banded agate (15 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is portly but not overly obese. He keeps his long copper crest kept up in a rat tail. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. Quarethon enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Quarethon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoberyl (100 gp).