Description: She is a mite stocky and wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She struck the Shoemaker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Sard (80 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. Her white hair is wavy and long. 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 loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she usually wears her tan robe and has her trident always slung over her shoulder. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 30 gp. Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. Her golden hair is lengthy. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Callybon is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.