Description: Standing 2'11", this woman dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with blue slacks. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her childhood dream was to be a Blacksmith, but she was a colossal failure. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Tanner for the past few years.

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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp).

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and tan handkerchief worn on his left side, and carries longswords. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: The child of a Interpreter, who enjoyed hunting, Broce was taken on many hunting expeditions. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Broce's homeland. Broce decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

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

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp).

Description: This woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. She wears her beige fur up. Her eyes are yellow and catlike.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Windy alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He tends to wear a large black jacket, and he perpetually has his ceremonial dagger ready. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Mason. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the north to a Mason, Pígug learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Knight, but he got bored and became a Mason. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Addict. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 gp.