Description: This woman wears a blue coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Mardnab isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. 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, Mardnab is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her childhood dream was to be a Servant, but she was a colossal failure. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 gp. Blue sapphire (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is short and red. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Robert abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 5000 cp. Jet (60 gp).

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Amethyst (160 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears tattered old clothes. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a blue tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has wavy brown hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp).