Description: This woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Performer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and money/treasure

Flaws: Insane, Selfish, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts and is in decent physical shape. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Qualen isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 3000 cp. Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has no hair. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Drogo was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has silver hair. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Ownka has worked very hard to control her curse. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'11". He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates Dwarves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. Ulfgar is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 130 gp. Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears a colorful flower in his cinnamon fur. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bookbinder but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of a Miner, who enjoyed hunting, Tree was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a shield and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His golden hair is cut short. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Hadarai's homeland. Hadarai decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is golden and very short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Thradal was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Thradal liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He struck the Herbalist job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 700 sp.