Description: He stands about 4'10" and wears a tan tunic with red highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Paelias was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Thunderstones. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born in the east to a Barrister, Gynnie learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and to be a engraver again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Azurite (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Jasper (40 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman very much looks the part of a Mayor. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Vanchu wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Aristocrat, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vanchu studied abroad. Her parents enrolled her in a Aristocrat school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mayor responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Amber (40 gp). Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Cynical, PTSD. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Jet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.