Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His black hair is singed and shortened. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a Tanner, his father struggled to pay the bills. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This eastern man wears a blue shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His clothes are grease stained in places. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Fonkin isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Fonkin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Fonkin was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Cook. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 350 gp. Banded agate (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Seamstress arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a worn and beaten armor, and is pretty ugly. Her dark red hair is knotted and matted. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born into a rich family. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. She carries a battered trident and tarnished club as well. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her top violet hat.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Through the years after Anastrianna was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Anastrianna's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a yellow costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. She has shaved her head bald. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born in the north. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Enna and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She stands about 2'11" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Harriet isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His tied-back hair is blonde. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Tharivol lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 6'4". He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Cook, and his gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. He has red fur. His copper eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Lone was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 110 pp. Emerald (500 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags.