Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, pastel shirt, and grey tie. She is physically well-built. She has styled her purple hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are likewise black. Her teeth are white and perfect.

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 obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Vepar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 cp. Amethyst (60 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her top brown hat.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 130 gp. Golden pearl (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His white hair is long and unkept. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student he started as a Armorer, but he got bored and became a Merchant. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 70 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. After a long history of fighting, Oppleby and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.