Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Guard arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents were killed by orcs in a raid when he was still a young child. The orcs captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greatsword.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She hates Dwarves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. 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. Jarana fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her ears are large.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born into a rich family. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Arava took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up trident and armor she uses now. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Iolite (20 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 pastel ritualistic tattoos. She wears baggy tan pantaloons and a pastel scarf. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Being a Slave Trader 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 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: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

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

Possessions: 110 gp.