Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born in the west to a Spy, Lia learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Job, Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 8000 cp. Malachite (5 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a tan scarf. His gray fur is lengthy. His eyes are amber.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Cloak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears her golden hair up. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Lilli embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: He is typically in his Weaver uniform. His long black crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Nykkan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Weaver. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Weaver.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Justice, Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp. Amethyst (90 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.