Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. She keeps her long black crest kept up in a rat tail. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker green hat.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a priest again

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1400 gp. Malachite (7 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1700 gp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is physically well-built. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is content

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born into a rich family. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and doesn't want to be a spy and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Dimble hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Courier business.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His head has been shaved. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Efferil was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Bricklayer. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.