Description: This woman stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a pastel deerstalker hat and pastel clothes. Her fur, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a shortbow on her belt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Tawar speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A freak accident while working with her Body Guard father left her crippled. 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. Tawar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Iolite (80 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is short and red. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Oblar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Locksmith responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She stands about 4'0" and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born to a Sculptor, her mother struggled to pay the bills. A gifted student she started as a Sculptor, but she got bored and became a Bather. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing a long, brown cloak, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears an entirely grey suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a very tight haircut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born in a small island village. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Charles took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up lance and armor he uses now. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Standing 4'0", this man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is always cut to a buzz. 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: Traubon 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. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a Shepherd, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She 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. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. She has wavy auburn hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Hadwisa enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Hadwisa took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30 gp.