Description: An older man who prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor, he is not a threatening figure. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He worked as a nervous Mercenary and found it very stressful. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 12000 sp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. Her white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She is a great chef.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Apothecary arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 140 gp. Red spinel (110 gp).

Description: An older man who wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his purple hair in a pixie cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Cimer is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His childhood dream was to be a Adventurer, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and doesn't want to be a sailor and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a brown coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to be a barkeep again

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Mundane, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 600 gp.