Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a whip, but if one is not available she will default to her greataxe. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. 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 daughter.

History: Engong lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Insane, Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is wearing a long, tan cloak. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A gifted student she started as a Dilettante, but she got bored and became a Scribe. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Scribe for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Dilettante again; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: Dimble hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Dimble lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears an entirely green suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her hair is dark red, silky, and of moderate length. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. After coming to the age of reason, Shax took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 60 gp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a green feathered hat and green clothes. His crest is cut close to his head. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his feathered green hat.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Miller they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Spy, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Family, Has a crush, Military, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has wavy silver hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Knight arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. After a long history of fighting, Peren and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, pastel shirt, and white tie. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a long, grey cloak. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the west to a Adventurer, Lance learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He became a Adventurer soon after.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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's repulsed by the PC; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 30 gp.