Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has wavy silver hair. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born in the west to a Stableman, Brakka learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Sailor. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Guardian, Has a crush, Job, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Golden pearl (60 gp).

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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 was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Theirastra was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Theirastra's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This southern man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his blonde hair up. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Zook was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a worn and beaten armor, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Silvo hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Silvo never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Gardener and was forced into it by his family; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Nature, In love. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She is physically well-built. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Merla is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Performer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and money/treasure

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is typically in her Bellfounder uniform. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born in the south. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She tends to her Bellfounder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To be a Fletcher again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1 Simple lock.

Description: He stands about 5'8" and wears an entirely green suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his red hair up. His skin is flawless and his silver eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Merihim is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a rapier and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and to protect his home

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has a very tight haircut. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Gomory lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Ploughman they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Apothecary, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.