Description: She wears a blue shirt, with a white mid length skirt with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Siffress is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Siffress was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Siffress's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has worked as a Merchant like her mother before her.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1300 sp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp).

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

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

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, red shirt, and yellow tie. She carries with her a set of nunchakus, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Eridred fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black hair is thinning but still full. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Bernard was born the youngest of three triplets. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears professional attire. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Fivin grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Fivin. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Good lock. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

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 loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Joan was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 4 Holy water.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Helgret lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Helgret was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older man who wears many layers of old clothing at all times, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Gifted from a young age, Skamos studied abroad. He worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a carpenter again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp.