Description: This woman wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Shipwright but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Caelynn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. 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: Expand her business; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp).

Description: An older man who typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull black iron scale mail, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his white fur down. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

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 big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has worked as a Bookbinder like his father before him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears dull red sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sai, just in case. She wears her red hair up. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 17000 cp.