Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears bulky blue painted plate armor, marred by teas. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, marred by teas. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. 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 drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature warhammer.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His crest is rusty and very short. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Nykkan was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears dull tan sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed lance, just in case, marred by chocolates. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A freak accident while working with her Brewer mother left her crippled. Being a Tanner kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman prefers to wear flannel. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are green.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

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

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears a tan collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is a great chef.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Menny alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Amber (40 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. He has wavy lavender fur. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gale is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: An older woman who sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, she is not a threatening figure. Her silver hair is long and unkept. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her feathered brown hat.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is a great chef.

History: She was born in the south. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

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

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a pastel vest and prefers brown and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is portly but not overly obese. His gray fur is smooth and relatively long. He has amber eyes and a pastel hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1800 sp. Carnelian (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). White opal (600 gp).