Description: This younger middle-aged woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes., and a wedding ring on her left hand. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Paela hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Paela was born with her mother's beautiful face. A freak accident while working with her Barrister mother left her crippled. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Paela never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 150 pp. Amber (40 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He is portly but not overly obese. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her ceremonial dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a Performer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Knight work with an outfit from a few towns over. Knight work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Red garnet (130 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her fur, while still mostly gray, has prominent grey streaks. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Carter arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against goblins.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is wearing a long, tan cloak. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. Her brown hair is still thick. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears professional attire. Her bronze crest is still thick. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 800 sp. Malachite (14 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. She has a hunchback. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 cp. Sard (80 gp).

Description: An older man who wears baggy violet pantaloons and a brown scarf, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He got into the Doctor business at a young age. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Doctor for the past few years.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 gp.