Description: This slender woman stands about 3'11". She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Valida was born the youngest of three triplets. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Bûth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Bûth was born on a far southern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Fortune-teller. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Boddynock embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Boddynock was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. After a long history of fighting, Boddynock and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Small steel mirror.