Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 17. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Zanna is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

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

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Holy water.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Simon is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3200 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Emerald (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it, she is not a threatening figure. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Stableman father left her crippled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Onyx (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is typically in his Tanner uniform, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His auburn hair is cut short. His green eyes peer out from beneath his broad violet hat.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He's also a talented Body Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp. Emerald (400 gp). Banded agate (14 gp).

Description: She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with blue slacks, and she perpetually has her scimitar ready. She has no crest. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

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 kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

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. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. After a long history of fighting, Aasathra and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. His black crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 pp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Jasper (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a violet tunic with grey highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around her shoes. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a Banker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

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. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Jade (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Rose (60 gp).