Description: This tall, slender man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. After a long history of fighting, Gomory and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her whip with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears an entirely grey suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She carries with her a set of bows, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She sports red long hair. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. 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, Bolhild is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Emotional, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: She wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nissa isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She is a great chef.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. After a long history of fighting, Nissa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and carries bows. She has moderate length brown hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While she appears to be a normal Human, 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his red hair up. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has worked as a Ruler like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this southern man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: He got into the Map Maker business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Map Maker. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Map Maker responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive, Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blue hair is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 900 sp.