Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is mildly Halfling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist, Mundane. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and is pretty ugly. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He keeps his long green crest kept up in a rat tail. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a Glassblower first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Glassblower work with an outfit from a few towns over. Glassblower work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Igden fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp.