Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is dark but she possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with green slacks. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Herbalist. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Oriel has worked very hard to control her curse. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and balancing her hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly daggers and shortspears. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small blue clips. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the west to a Navigator, Waywocket learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 120 pp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He got into the Sailor business at a young age. Bernard liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is an amazing painter.

History: She got into the Ploughman business at a young age. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.