Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a blue Stetson hat and blue clothes. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. The war was a terrible time for her, and Orla does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Orla lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Orla liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military, Family, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants and is in decent physical shape. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Sannl was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 cp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'5". She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts, and her gloved hand is found clutching a quarterstaff. Her hair is short and brown. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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 feels threatened by others.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses like a well dressed Bookbinder does. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has worked as a Bookbinder like his mother before him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this southern woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Unemployed but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the south to a Unemployed, Mara learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp).

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She carries with her a set of kukris on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her feathered blue hat.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: An older man who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), he is not a threatening figure. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in the east to a Banker, Hobart learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Hobart alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Hobart was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and many drow want him driven away

Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is physically well-built. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born to a Soapmaker, her mother struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 40 gp. Chrysoberyl (100 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears skinny pants and wears a white and green robe with the hood down. His golden hair is thinning but still full. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His first spouse was a Glassblower, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and doesn't want to be a fisher and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 sp.