Description: She wears a blue shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She is portly but not overly obese. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1600 gp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She likes to wear red tank tops with pastel skirt. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 34. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. He has worked as a Painter like his mother before him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and balancing his hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 5000 sp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He keeps his long cinnamon fur kept up in a rat tail. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.