Description: A 3'0" southern woman, she wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Veloptima isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Military, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 40 pp. Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She is portly but not overly obese. She sports red long hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She worked as a nervous Bather and found it very stressful. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 150 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears just a blue suit. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her top blue hat.

Personality: She is a Barrister first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She struck the Barrister job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears dull green sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed halberd, just in case. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the west were limited. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He keeps his long yellow fur kept up in a rat tail. His copper eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Sweet is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He worked as a nervous Tanner and found it very stressful. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 160 pp.