Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. She has shaved her head bald. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Volen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Mortician and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 gp. Fire opal (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Flaws: Insane, Secretive, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red spinel (40 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is typically in her Mercenary uniform. She wears her blonde hair up. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He wears his blonde hair down. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in a small forest village. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (80 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears professional attire. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. When Gaaki reached her early adolescence her Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 900 sp.

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 wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Sellsword. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Wobbles was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 sp. Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears professional attire. His crest is black and curly. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Banded mail.