Description: A moderately attractive woman, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gifted student she started as a Blacksmith, but she got bored and became a Fletcher. She has worked as a Fletcher like her father before her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His blonde hair is cut short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, In love, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 800 sp. Blue quartz (10 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is mildly Gnome supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She is a Maurezhi in disguise. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears her silver crest down. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Pyxrin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Hunter, but she got bored and became a Gardener. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Hunter. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 290 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Iolite (20 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, blue shirt, and black tie. She sports blonde long hair. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Oriel lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Moss agate (12 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is dressed in an above average manner. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Heward was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Heward was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bellfounder. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Myev abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 20 gp. Azurite (11 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sickle, but if one is not available he will default to his bastard sword. His fur is yellow and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: He is a Deep Scion in disguise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 900 sp. Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 4'7". She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, and her gloved hand is found clutching a axe. Her hair is long and white with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

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. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in the east to a Architect, Brakka learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She struck the Architect job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 140 gp. Obsidian (16 gp).