Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Ekk 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. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a fancy black dress. Her hair is golden and very short. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. To her fellows she 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 northern immigrants she idolized her mother. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Grai alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away.

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Chalcedony (60 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, In love. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a large grey jacket. His red hair is long and unkept. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 sp. Azurite (6 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly warhammers and sais. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Kyle alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. 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 possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Morgran was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gifted student he started as a Soapmaker, but he got bored and became a Mortician. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Morgran fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 sp. Red spinel (80 gp).