Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak and is in decent physical shape. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Mardnab embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Mardnab took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, red shirt, and brown tie. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

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 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 born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1200 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, 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 keeps her long red fur kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She's also a talented Spy, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp. Jet (80 gp). Sard (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears tan trousers with white and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing music.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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 get a good night's sleep; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a red coat with white slacks. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Passionate, Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears a mask on his face.

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. Qualen is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Family, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She likes to wear pastel tank tops with violet skirt. Her orange fur is lengthy. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Cloud's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red spinel (120 gp). White pearl (120 gp).