Description: He likes to wear blue tank tops with black pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (80 gp). 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: Standing 5'11", this woman wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars. Her blue hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a layabout again

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. She is physically well-built. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Revenge; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is physically well-built. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Katherine is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Katherine was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. One day when Katherine was young, her father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly her father dropped to the ground dead. Her father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Katherine was heart-stricken from the event, and her mother started working long hours to provde for them. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 20 gp. Azurite (10 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears his red hair down. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Varis lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Varis was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Scribe. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp).