Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He is an epitome of beauty. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Herbalist arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Silver pearl (140 gp).

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is silver and very short. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He got into the Carter business at a young age. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She usually wears her brown robe and has her shortspear always slung over her shoulder. Her fur is red and curly. Her half smiles and yellow eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull black iron scale mail. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She got into the Banker business at a young age. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Malquis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Malquis. She tends to her Banker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 140 gp.