Description: She has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. She is portly but not overly obese. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the right. She is baby faced.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Shepherd. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is content; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 sp. 4 Acid flasks.

Description: This man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His blue crest is singed and shortened. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. He has moderate length brown hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a very tight haircut. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a Healer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in the west to a Healer, Galinndan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Disguise kit.