Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 24. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: 5'7" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears long strands of opal and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He dresses like a well dressed Miner does. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a Healer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Terse, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Slave, Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Eye agate (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has cinnamon fur. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Healer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and 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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Enidda grew up listening to her mother's many stories. A gifted student she started as a Adventurer, but she got bored and became a Fisher. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fisher.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She is physically well-built. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. The war was a terrible time for her, and Verna does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in the west to a Engraver, Verna learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Engraver. She struck the Engraver job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to be a barkeep again

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: He usually wears his grey robe and has his quarterstaff always slung over his shoulder, and carries quarterstaffs. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. He is baby faced.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Aldous's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Aldous never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 110 gp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: Standing 6'6", this woman wears dull black sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed dagger, just in case. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Chassath was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has a crush on the local fortune-teller

Ideals: Philantrophist, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 60 gp. Jet (160 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has shaved his head bald. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 90 gp.