Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She is physically well-built. She has no fur. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: The child of a Painter, who enjoyed hunting, Jade was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'5". He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and his gloved hand is found clutching a halberd. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears bulky green painted plate armor. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, marred by teas. Her hair is black and curly. She has gray eyes.

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 is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her black crest is smooth and relatively long. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Surina has worked very hard to control her curse. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Courier and was forced into it by her family.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 10 pp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 6'1". He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His crest is short and gold. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. After a long history of fighting, Vrondiss and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. The war was a terrible time for him, and Duergath does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Terse, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has green eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'9". He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it, and his gloved hand is found clutching a quarterstaff. He keeps his long gray fur kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tabaxi in existence. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 150 gp. Onyx (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.