Description: Standing 3'7", this man wears a tan costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears long strands of aquamarine and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and is pretty ugly. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is short and golden. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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. He got money to start a business from the gang present in town. He is greatly indebted to them.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Debt, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a pastel tunic with brown highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His orange fur has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

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. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Dyer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Brewer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, he is not a threatening figure. His green crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Sethrekar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Sethrekar was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a sellsword again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp. White pearl (40 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has wavy blonde hair. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She worked as a nervous Tanner and found it very stressful. She struck the Tanner job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Ruler again.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

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

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a very tight haircut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Hadwisa was born the youngest of three triplets. She worked as a nervous Armorer and found it very stressful. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and expand her business

Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 80 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times, and she perpetually has her warhammer ready. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Anbera was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 50 pp.