Description: This woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Cook arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished dagger as well. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A gifted student he started as a Guard, but he got bored and became a Locksmith. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears baggy white pantaloons and a pastel scarf. She sports brown long hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Portia 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 pp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). 1 Disguise kit.