Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Siffress hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Ostracized due to the arcane 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: The child of a Doctor, who enjoyed hunting, Morgran was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This eastern woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has styled her red fur well, parting it to the right. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Tanner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1400 gp. Peridot (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has violet eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Theriatis was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He tends to his Bounty Hunter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Slave. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. Moonstone (70 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with pastel colored cloaks and clothing. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His yellow eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Quick wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Wizard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Quick was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 24000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'11" and muscular, this northern woman prefers to wear flannel. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her first spouse was a Armorer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2100 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a tan wide-brimmed hat and tan clothes. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Jasper (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Malachite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.