Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Siffress isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Siffress lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 2'11" and wears tattered old clothes. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has violet eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Marigold was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Stableman. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He carries with him a set of shields on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His purple hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Buckler.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, marred by beers. His hair is long and black with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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 he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 140 gp.