Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bastard swords and scythes. She wears her golden hair down. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Euphemia 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 moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She's also a talented Bellfounder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: 4'7" and muscular, this northern woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her lavender fur is thinning but still full. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Pelt has worked very hard to control her curse. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He dresses like a well dressed Navigator does. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Navigator for hire.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a Cook first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He takes great joy in being the best Cook in town.

History: He got into the Cook business at a young age. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has worked as a Cook like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has no hair. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Shag was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a pickaxe, but if one is not available he will default to his quarterstaff. He is physically well-built. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 290 gp. Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a tan tunic with yellow highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has gray eyes and a tan hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Abalaba isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. 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: To unite with her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her crest is red and curly. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is a great chef.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nala fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She 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, Athletic, Passionate, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Smoky quartz (20 gp). Amber (50 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. 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: Money/treasure; and she has a crush on the local guard

Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 sp.