Description: Runty and weak-looking, she very much looks the part of a Cook. She wears her blonde hair down. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She got into the Cook business at a young age. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a ploughman again

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

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. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 140 pp. Amethyst (40 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has brown eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her ears are large.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Stacee was born the youngest of three triplets. In her youth she was a Baker, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears professional attire. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Anne liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears dull pastel sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed falchion, just in case. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Fragrant was born with her mother's beautiful face. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tabaxi conditions. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is content

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a black shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and brown pants. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has amber eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A gifted student she started as a Carter, but she got bored and became a Unemployed. She became a Unemployed soon after.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 6000 sp.