Description: An older woman who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a colorful flower in her blue hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Carter. She has achieved small success as a Carter.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new carter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 30 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Akta was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears brown trousers with black and pastel striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has gray fur. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with grey slacks. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her blue hair is long and unkept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'2". She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is blonde and curly. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Breena embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a Bellfounder, her father struggled to pay the bills. She worked as a nervous Glassblower and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Glassblower for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Bellfounder again.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.