Description: This malnourished woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her copper crest is braided into rings. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born in the north. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 sp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp).

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is red and curly. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. After a long history of fighting, Nurkara and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and balancing her hectic life and new servant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Selfish, Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1800 sp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears tan trousers with violet and blue striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. She is baby faced.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Cumpen embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Cumpen was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Interpreter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Cumpen and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'1" when asserting herself. Her brass crest is long and unkept. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She got into the Jeweler business at a young age. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Debt. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is renowned for his bright green suits and hats. His red hair is lengthy. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His black hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sark was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his broad tan hat.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Berrian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Carpenter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 3100 sp.