Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Nikki was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She tends to her Sage job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and expand her business

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. The war was a terrible time for her, and Lilli does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lilli fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Racist, Antagonistic. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. Onyx (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp).

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat, and he perpetually has his sword ready. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is an amazing painter.

History: The child of a Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Suhnae was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Family, Slave. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 50 gp.