Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Melissa enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Melissa was born the youngest of three triplets. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a simple green robe with grey stripes complete with hood. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She keeps her scarlet crest in a flapper bob. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Nuthra is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To pay off her debts.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 6000 cp. Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: A 4'3" southern woman, she wears bulky grey painted plate armor. She has no hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents and is in decent physical shape. Her red crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Doctor profession.

History: She got into the Performer business at a young age. Her childhood dream was to be a Doctor, but she was a colossal failure. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a hand crossbow on his belt. His fur is brown and curly. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'11". He tends to wear a large grey jacket. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Delg was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Delg's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man is dressed in an above average manner, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is white and very short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. A true patriot, Ar-Pratu would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.