Description: This slender woman stands about 3'5". She wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is golden and very short. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Quilla grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She has worked as a Mortician like her father before her.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His brown hair is long and unkept. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ribbles isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 26000 sp. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Holy water. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the north to a Body Guard, Lûga learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears a tan shirt with thin black vertical stripes and pastel pants. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. 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, Abalaba is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Abalaba liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 320 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp).