Description: She is a mite stocky and is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, black shirt, and brown tie. She has black fur. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a great chef.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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 south. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is red and curly. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Beggar. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Jarsali lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. She has wavy auburn hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Duvamil isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature rapier.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 23000 sp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He wears his black hair up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Insane, Sensitive, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 43000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.