Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Guard work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, In love, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Tourmaline (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has a hunchback. Her hair is short and red. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in the west to a Beggar, Lidda learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She has worked as a Beggar like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She wears her brown hair down. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Sumnes grew up listening to her father's many stories. Sumnes 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Cynical, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Silver pearl (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His hair is short and white. His green eyes dart from person to person.

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 a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Chad was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He struck the Miller job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 60 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'0" and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. 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: To end her boredom; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive, Forgetful, Mundane. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a blue tunic with tan highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a very tight haircut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born in the north. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Layabout. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is dressed in an above average manner. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. Pog is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Pog was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 sp.