Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. With wild white hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Lilli's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in the south to a Ruler, Lilli learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Ruler work with an outfit from a few towns over. Ruler work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Ruler job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 sp. Banded agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Elama is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and revenge

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

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

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This western woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born in the north to a Fisher, Ermina learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She tends to her Fisher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Fisher responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A 5'3" northern man, he wears an entirely brown suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are copper.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, In love. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Kali 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: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Onyx (50 gp). Emerald (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears professional attire. His bronze crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. 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 lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Adrex was born the youngest of three triplets. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is physically well-built. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 90 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She carries with her a set of greatswords on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. Her brass crest is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jheri fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 90 gp.