Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She wears her black hair down. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents were killed by goblins in a raid when she was still a young child. The goblins captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is auburn and very short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He takes great joy in being the best Bellfounder in town.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Bellfounder for hire.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He carries a battered club and tarnished quarterstaff as well. He wears his brown hair down. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Disease, Shy. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears dull pastel sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed kukri, just in case. Her gray fur is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

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 constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She sports auburn long hair. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Ella hails from a village terrorized by giants. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a red shirt with thin black vertical stripes and green pants. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She's in love; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'9" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is short and silver. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered violet hat.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears a white tunic with brown highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes. He carries a battered halberd and tarnished shortspear as well. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ar-Beka grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.