Description: She stands about 6'7" and wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her rusty crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are red.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born into a rich family. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born in the north. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He 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 man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Eldon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

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 a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 pp. Obsidian (4 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). White pearl (120 gp). White pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear flannel. He has styled his gray fur well, parting it to the right. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He's also a talented Doctor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new barrister responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 34000 sp. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 8 Acid flasks.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He has no crest. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Norkruuth is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Gifted from a young age, Norkruuth studied abroad. A gifted student he started as a Bricklayer, but he got bored and became a Doctor. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear flannel, he is not a threatening figure. His fur is short and gray. He has green eyes and a brown hat with a blue feather.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Right-Handed will drive conversation. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Right-Handed was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Nybarg was born the youngest of three triplets. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear pastel clothing when he does not wear armor. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length gray fur. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Three hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He found a children's book about a Tabaxi Monk who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.