Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her top white hat.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. 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 to a Bookbinder, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Painter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a lance on his belt. He is physically well-built. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Boddynock was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Gardener for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a blue shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and brown pants. Her head has been shaved. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ranala isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. After a long history of fighting, Ranala and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a tan vest and prefers black and violet shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Merchant, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Merchant and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 2'10" and wears a white costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. She wears her silver hair up. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She usually wears her tan robe and has her sword always slung over her shoulder. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and half-orc compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. He is portly but not overly obese. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. In his 15th 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Herbalist for hire.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Darrak took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Average lock.