Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her broad black hat.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

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. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her tied-back hair is red. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. 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, Ekk is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Ekk 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. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Miner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature trident.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: Standing 6'0", this woman wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. She keeps her long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Healer

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

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she dresses like a well dressed Knight does. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her yellow eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Sweet was born the youngest of three triplets. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Knight hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 sp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Gardain hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A freak accident while working with his Barrister mother left him crippled. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Racist, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She carries a battered lance and tarnished axe as well. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Markosian was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Markosian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Rose (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her brown hair is wavy and long. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she has a crush on the local carter

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 130 gp. Blue quartz (5 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is auburn and curly. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.