Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born in the west to a Spy, Lia learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Job, Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 8000 cp. Malachite (5 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a tan scarf. His gray fur is lengthy. His eyes are amber.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Cloak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. 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 is greedy.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears her golden hair up. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Lilli embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: He is typically in his Weaver uniform. His black crest is unkempt and raggedy. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Nykkan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Weaver. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Weaver.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp. Amethyst (90 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she likes to wear grey tank tops with black skirt. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her small grey hat.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. A friendly and beautiful Human, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Thervan lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thervan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is wearing a long, brown cloak. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hammers and rapiers. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He is a Doppelganger in disguise. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Red garnet (40 gp).