Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a worn and beaten armor. She has no fur. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a black shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and brown pants. His red crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her hair is white and curly. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 20 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. He has shaved his head bald. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his blonde hair up. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Baker

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a grey tunic with pastel highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. During his travels, Raymond and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Raymond discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Raymond fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Doctor; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Eran was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30 gp. Azurite (9 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a longbow, but if one is not available he will default to his ceremonial dagger. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. After months of barely getting by, Erky managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has white hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Through the years after Marastyr was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Marastyr's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.