Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her white fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are likewise copper. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shivering grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has achieved small success as a Mason.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 4000 sp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is yellow, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Nija hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with black slacks, and is pretty ugly. His head has been shaved. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Mindartis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mindartis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Mindartis. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sage. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 pp. Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 6'1", this man likes to wear black tank tops with red pants. His hair is white and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Scribe. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. She has violet eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Lilli isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her first spouse was a Bowyer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears his black hair up. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Pushkrimp was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Hematite (15 gp).