Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Numba embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Through the years after Numba was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Numba's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a simple pastel robe with tan stripes complete with hood. She wears her lavender fur down. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Kite enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Family, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Deep green spinel (80 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Eye agate (13 gp).

Description: He very much looks the part of a Merchant, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'1" when asserting himself. His dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. This red eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He struck the Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to be a cook again

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Slave, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She got into the Marshal business at a young age. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To be a Spy again; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. 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: He was raised in a desert tribe. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Cook they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Tanner, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Nature, Family. Occupation: Tanner

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

Possessions: 1200 sp.