Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She wears a blue top hat and blue clothes. With wild golden hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

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. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 gp. Peridot (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born in the south to a Assassin, Mindartis learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Mindartis liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Assassin for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new assassin responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp).

Description: This man wears dark leathers with embroidery, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Pallabar hails from a village terrorized by giants. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 24000 sp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she likes to wear tan tank tops with brown skirt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Standing 6'8", this woman has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. She has no crest. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a Farmer, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She bought a axe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 160 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student he started as a Doctor, but he got bored and became a Ploughman. He's also a talented Doctor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Bonds: Religious, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 900 pp. Malachite (11 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Assassin does. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He's also a talented Shepherd, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear flannel. She wears her silver hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a Fisher first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Quilla is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Fisher. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new fisher responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She keeps her green crest in a flapper bob. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Arava 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 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: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 180 gp. Hematite (6 gp).