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. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. At a young age her mother died while driving off some brigands. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in kukri use. She bought a kukri and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with white slacks. He is physically well-built. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He became a Beggar soon after.

Motivation: To be a Sailor again; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with tan slacks. Her silver crest is singed and shortened. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Vezera is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born into a rich family. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her gold crest, when down, is lengthy. She has gold eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: This northern man has the majority of his body covered in plate. His clothes are grease stained in places. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a brown costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. Her red fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: In love, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a pickaxe on his belt. His head has been shaved. He wears an eyepatch.

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 bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He bought a pickaxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Barber responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 210 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a blue and yellow robe with the hood down. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his mace, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Architect business.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Paelias was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Moss agate (7 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His hair is red and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Bertram was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Professionalism, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield.