Description: She sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Merchant but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Carpenter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her brown fur is matted, messy, and big. This yellow eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She got into the Priest business at a young age. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He usually wears his tan robe and has his longbow always slung over his shoulder. He has wavy brown hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Arannis was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arannis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50 pp. 4 Holy water.

Description: She wears a tan vest and prefers blue and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. 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 loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a green wide-brimmed hat and green clothes. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are gold.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Euron isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A freak accident while working with his Doctor father left him crippled. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2000 cp. Emerald (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His green crest is heavily combed to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Kriv is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Kriv enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: She wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She has wavy silver hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: Eida hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a Butcher, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Healer’s kit.