Description: An older man who prefers to wear flannel, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Shump was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Shump was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many giants want him driven away

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Born to a Mason, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 7000 cp. Black pearl (900 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Jade (90 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull brown iron scale mail and is in decent physical shape. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: She is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. 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 Spice Merchant. She has taken up work as a Spice Merchant and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her tied-back hair is red. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she's in love

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and white handkerchief worn on his left side. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Ploughman arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A freak accident while working with his Sculptor father left him crippled. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 19000 sp. Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.