Description: Standing 2'10", this woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Debt, Has a crush. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1800 sp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Yebe isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her first spouse was a Brewer, they had one son, 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 sister's freedom.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. Her crest is short and bronze. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Miller who has hired her part-time. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Synthrin was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Poor, In love. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 50 pp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Banded agate (15 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a tan coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is blonde and very short. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. Her green crest is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She got into the Weaver business at a young age. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Tatyan took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up hand crossbow and armor she uses now. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Weaver for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this northern man wears a tan collared shirt and red pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Burgell hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Half-Plate.