Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears professional attire. His white hair is still thick. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Greedy, Forgetful, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp. Zircon (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He stands about 5'2" and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ar-Beka will drive conversation. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Miller mother left him crippled. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue sapphire (400 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Seebo isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in the south to a Locksmith, Seebo learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Tiefling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tiefling doctor. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She tends to wear a large red jacket, marred by chocolates. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Merla isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. After coming to the age of reason, Merla took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hammers and axes. His crest, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Marshal. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Marshal. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. She wears her red hair up. She has a tattooed face.

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 refers to her adoptive father 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: Vicky was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She became a Bellfounder soon after.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 320 pp. White opal (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). White opal (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Coral (80 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.