Description: She is scrawny and has patchy dark red stubble. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. She has a hunchback. She has styled her dark red hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is content; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Mundane. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his black fur up. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his yellow eyes.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the north were limited. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. She has violet eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Breena embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Breena took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up sword and armor she uses now. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Black star sapphire (900 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears just a tan suit. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Hunter who has hired him part-time. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. 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: He's in love; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, In love, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 sp. Hematite (12 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has dyed her greying brass crest a little too much giving a sharp brass color. She has gold eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: The child of a Carter, who enjoyed hunting, Rezena was taken on many hunting expeditions. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rezena fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 90 pp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Malachite (5 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with green slacks. His scarlet crest, when down, is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a violet tunic with blue highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Balimaar hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Balimaar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1200 pp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).