Description: This man dresses like a well dressed Armorer does. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. His auburn hair is cut short. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Paelias is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gifted student he started as a Brewer, but he got bored and became a Armorer. He has worked as a Armorer like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Jet (60 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'0" and very much looks the part of a Sculptor. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sculptor. She struck the Sculptor job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a apothecary again

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is white and curly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Shoemaker they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Detective, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Emma is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Emma was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Emma was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a bowyer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she has a crush on the local scribe

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, blue shirt, and pastel tie. His hair is brown and very short. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Thomas was born with his father's beautiful face. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 150 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp).

Description: He wears a violet vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his violet boots flare out at the collars, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'10" when asserting himself. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. He has green eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mayor

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

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Adventurer business.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her black crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes are red.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Coral (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.