Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'4". She wears a tan collared shirt and pastel skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a sickle. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Dalaba's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, grey shirt, and black tie. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length gold crest. His red eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Gifted from a young age, Heskan studied abroad. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Apothecary. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has a hunchback. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Howard grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears just a tan suit. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He found a children's book about a Gnome Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1100 sp. Amethyst (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is dressed in an above average manner. She wears a colorful flower in her red crest. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in the north to a Guard, Akra learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1400 sp.