Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Meena and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. She is baby faced.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 sp. Jasper (30 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has a hunchback. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. She has gray eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Cumpen embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Brewer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She worked as a nervous Brewer and found it very stressful. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to be a cartwright again

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His tied-back hair is auburn. His eyes are violet and catlike.

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 does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He carries a battered crossbow and tarnished sickle as well. He keeps his scarlet crest in a pixie cut. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Baradad was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Baradad fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her brass crest is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has moderate length brown hair. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and balancing her hectic life and new crown-heir responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is short and purple. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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, Semyaza is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver pearl (100 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp).

Description: Standing 6'9", this man sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His gray fur is thinning but still full. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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

History: Harvest was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Courier. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 30 pp.