Description: She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts, and carries shields. She sports auburn long hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Ermina 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. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Ermina was born with her mother's beautiful face. While she appears to be a normal Human, 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. Being a Bricklayer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has no hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Wella speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Wella was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature warhammer.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 370 gp. Coral (130 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Tûmhom has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1800 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a green cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

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

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).

Description: She wears a yellow shirt, with a white mid length skirt with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: The child of a Tanner, who enjoyed hunting, Beatrice was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Aramil was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Merchant. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: An older woman who wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Guard. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born in the south. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Guard. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and balancing her hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. A gifted student he started as a Shipwright, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.