Description: She stands about 6'7" and wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her rusty crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are red.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born into a rich family. 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 east. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born in the north. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Eldon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 pp. Obsidian (4 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). White pearl (120 gp). White pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear flannel. He has styled his gray fur well, parting it to the right. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He's also a talented Doctor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new barrister responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 34000 sp. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 8 Acid flasks.