Description: This southern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. After a long history of fighting, Ahvain and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'2" and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is blonde and very short. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Tiaathque was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'2" southern woman, she is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her crest is copper and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is a great chef.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'10". He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He wears his brown hair down. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Sammal hails from a village terrorized by goblins. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tiefling conditions. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1600 gp.