Description: This dark-skinned female wears a worn and beaten armor. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Justice, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She is an epitome of beauty. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She got into the Beggar business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She became a Beggar soon after.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: An older woman who is dressed in a clean green cloak covering her clean studded leather, she is not a threatening figure. Her purple hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shax grew up listening to her father's many stories. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She is greedy; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'4" and is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. His hair is cut close to his head. His ears are large.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. The war was a terrible time for him, and Duergath does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nissa embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. 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 granted martial powers by her dying brother.

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

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her first spouse was a Bookbinder, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Tourmaline (80 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His red hair is braided into rings. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears dull green sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed dagger, just in case. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length scarlet crest. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: The child of a Bellfounder, who enjoyed hunting, Shedinn was taken on many hunting expeditions. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Tanner for hire.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is portly but not overly obese. Her dark red hair is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Lerissa hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Lerissa was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.