Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His gray fur is heavily combed to the right. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He hates Tabaxis with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born into a rich family. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. 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 gnomish compassion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother 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. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 70 gp. Amber (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.