Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Slave Trader profession.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents were killed by orcs in a raid when she was still a young child. The orcs captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the west to a Jeweler, Riardon learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Jeweler. He became a Jeweler soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to protect his home

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This eastern woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Barbena was born the youngest of three triplets. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman wears a violet collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. She has no hair. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in the north. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 260 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Baker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 800 sp. Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She carries a battered greataxe and tarnished flail as well. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rinn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Forgetful. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She stands about 5'11" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her long yellow fur kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She is typically in her Painter uniform. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Painter.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 20 gp.