Description: Standing 3'11", this woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This light-skinned male wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears his golden hair up. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Jeweler arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. He has no hair. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 140 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears skinny pants and wears a tan and grey robe with the hood down. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. 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 has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has a very tight haircut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Gifted from a young age, Drusilia studied abroad. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'8". He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Dwarven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dwarven doctor. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Engraver for hire.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Forgetful, Racist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a simple brown robe with black stripes complete with hood. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. 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, Alice is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is very fat, and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has wavy chestnut hair. This red eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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 parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Half-Plate.