Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. 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: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Weaver

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

Possessions: 270 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her red crest is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Gilkass is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. 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, Gilkass is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Gilkass hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has brass crest. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Pyxrin lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Fortune-teller, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 3'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a blue shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and white pants. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He got into the Mortician business at a young age. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mortician for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She got into the Painter business at a young age. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She became a Painter soon after.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and expand her business

Ideals: Logical, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: 2'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. She has silver hair. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Geva was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He stands about 4'8" and wears a tan tunic with red highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: Ohr 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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Ohr was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Extrovert, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 sp. Amethyst (160 gp). 2 Smokesticks.