Description: She is typically in her Ruler uniform. She carries with her a set of glaives on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She has no hair. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker yellow hat.

Personality: Lia is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Marshal profession.

History: Born in the east to a Ruler, Lia learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She became a Ruler soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, and she perpetually has her kukri ready. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Human culture. The war was a terrible time for her, and Mardnab does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and human compassion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Red garnet (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. He has done his best to style his beige fur to look like a famous performer. His copper eyes dart from person to person.

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: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Gifted. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.