Description: He wears a brown tunic with grey highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes, and he perpetually has his longsword ready. His hair is white and curly. He has brown eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Tailor who has hired him part-time. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. Malachite (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: She wears professional attire. She is portly but not overly obese. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. The war was a terrible time for her, and Anne does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This southern woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Born to a Animal Trainer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Jo's homeland. Jo decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 160 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He carries with him a set of axes, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 380 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'6". She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears a colorful flower in her bronze crest. She has gold eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Priest hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a morningstar on her belt, and is pretty ugly. Her copper crest is greasy and uncared for. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: She is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing a long, grey cloak. His hair is white and very short. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nordak embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many gnolls want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is long and red with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Marastyr speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Marastyr lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 3000 cp.