Description: She usually wears her black robe and has her club always slung over her shoulder. She is portly but not overly obese. Her crest is white and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Surina alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears just a tan suit. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 70 pp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). White opal (800 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. The war was a terrible time for her, and Williamina does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Williamina was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Banded agate (15 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Hematite (15 gp). 1 Buckler.

Description: He wears long strands of sapphire and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Vilberg was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 110 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is physically well-built. He has dyed his greying red fur a little too much giving a sharp red color. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is his passion; and many giants want him driven away

Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She wears a fancy pastel dress. She keeps her brown fur in a flapper bob. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She became a Brewer soon after.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 50 gp. Blue quartz (10 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears green trousers with brown and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair is purple, silky, and of moderate length. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Euron lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A freak accident while working with his Tanner mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.