Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She typically wears pastel cloth garments or leather armor. She keeps her long cinnamon fur kept up in a rat tail. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Tailor but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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 is greedy; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Addict, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 16000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Shautha took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 70000 cp. Malachite (4 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He prefers to wear flannel. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Patrick enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Patrick studied abroad. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Rose (30 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a Stylist, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has worked as a Courier like her mother before her.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 7000 cp. 3 Antitoxin. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Dreali was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Through the years after Dreali was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Dreali's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Dreali and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'8" when asserting himself. His crest is silver and very short. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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's also a talented Slave Trader, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

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

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Gynk was born the youngest of three triplets. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears baggy black pantaloons and a red scarf, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'10" when asserting herself. Her dark red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 sp. Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he usually wears his brown robe and has his axe always slung over his shoulder. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His ears are large.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Apothecary father left him crippled. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Insomniac, Disease. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp).