Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length dark red hair. Her silver eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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. After a long history of fighting, Azza and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. She has dyed her greying yellow fur a little too much giving a sharp yellow color. She wears an eyepatch.

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. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying north to reunite his family. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'0" when asserting herself. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 30 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His hair is chestnut and very short. He has hazel eyes.

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 would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He sports a flattop crest cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mreksh grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a brown Stetson hat and brown clothes. His white fur is smooth and relatively long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. After coming to the age of reason, Sun took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Iolite (70 gp). 1 Chain shirt.