Description: He wears a pastel shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and red pants. He sports a flattop fur cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp).

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a tan and yellow robe with the hood down. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has green eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. 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. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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 an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Justice, Joker. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 sp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). 2 Holy water.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

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 uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Manea lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

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

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Seamstress. She has a hunchback. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her childhood dream was to be a Banker, but she was a colossal failure. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 80 gp.