Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: Born to a Doctor, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Diesa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has dyed his greying beige fur a little too much giving a sharp beige color. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Server

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

Possessions: 300 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and is pretty ugly. With wild golden hair. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Salanop is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 cp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp).

Description: A 6'8" northern woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She keeps her brass crest in a pixie cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: Born in the north to a Guard, Findex learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a servant again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 120 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His red hair is thinning but still full. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Slave, Religious, In love, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has done her best to style her bronze crest to look like a famous performer. She is baby faced.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. A friendly and beautiful Dragonborn, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born in the west. 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Slave, Job, Attractive, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her crest is white and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

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 crest is brass and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nykkan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His crest is blue and very short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A freak accident while working with his Mortician mother left him crippled. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp).