Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Katherine embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born in the west. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Guard. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. After coming to the age of reason, Murgen took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Malachite (11 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This northern woman very much looks the part of a Painter. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Sarai's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She worked as a nervous Painter and found it very stressful. She struck the Painter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has a hunchback. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shaena studied abroad. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 90 gp. Peridot (70 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a white shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and tan pants. Her hair is long and red with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Grigi was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Grigi abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a tan collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his feathered tan hat.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. 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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Umpen was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Adventurer. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he usually wears his grey robe and has his sickle always slung over his shoulder. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Through the years after Dworic was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Dworic's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a white coat with tan slacks. She carries a battered greatsword and tarnished greataxe as well. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She bought a greataxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 120 gp.