Description: He is scrawny and has patchy gold crest. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He has a hunchback. His gold crest is unkempt and raggedy. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears long strands of opal and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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 money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red spinel (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears tattered old clothes. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Althaea was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 40000 cp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her gold crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the west to a Cartwright, Jezean learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She's also a talented Bookbinder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gifted student she started as a Bellfounder, but she got bored and became a Barkeep. She's also a talented Bellfounder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and someone believes her a fraud

Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This eastern man wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His childhood dream was to be a Hunter, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Bookbinder job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Hunter again.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 34000 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her silver crest is still thick. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Hillanot 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. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears a grey feathered hat and grey clothes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Farmer.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'0" when asserting himself. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Adrik was raised in a hard working conservative environment. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sculptor responsibilities is difficult; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Sardonyx (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Jet (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.