Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she tends to wear a large green jacket. She has dark red hair. Her eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Astaro hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Astaro's homeland. Astaro decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She has achieved small success as a Carpenter.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. 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 is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is an amazing painter.

History: He got into the Miner business at a young age. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 84. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has worked as a Bookbinder like his mother before him.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Ulla is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. 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 son.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ulla grew up listening to her father's many stories. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1900 sp. Malachite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 4 Antitoxin.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a green armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who has the majority of his body covered in plate. His fur is cut close to his head. He is baby faced.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love, Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1200 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 290 gp.