Description: She wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has moderate length black hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

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

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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 bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-orc people

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Silver pearl (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her purple hair has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Pyra isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student she started as a Cook, but she got bored and became a Detective. Recently the stress of being a Detective has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is typically in her Shoemaker uniform, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'0" when asserting herself. Her dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her eyes are silver and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. 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 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: To unite with her brother.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 160 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.