Description: This late middle aged woman wears a blue costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso and is in decent physical shape. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Mardnab lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barkeep and was forced into it by her family; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is typically in his Adventurer uniform. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He has moderate length brown hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. 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 born several months after his mother was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He became a Adventurer soon after.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: This man is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 76. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ilanis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ilanis. She tends to her Detective job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 4'11" and muscular, this northern woman wears a white collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has wavy blonde hair. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her small white hat.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Banded mail.