Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Orla grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Orla abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. After a long history of fighting, Orla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears a white collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, marred by chocolates. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gorga grew up listening to her father's many stories. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2000 cp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: This southern woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her auburn hair up. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Tippletoe was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Architect, but she got bored and became a Painter. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born in the south. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 60 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears silk and lounges about seductively, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has dyed her greying rusty crest a little too much giving a sharp rusty color. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Dentratha hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This eastern man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his blonde hair down. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the east were limited. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Torz was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is content

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Traki is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. White pearl (150 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'0". He is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Purban was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 sp. Amber (140 gp).

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She carries a battered spear and tarnished lance as well. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 cp.