Description: She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is auburn and curly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Giselle was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 Actor. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new actor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 28000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears just a black suit. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. She has rusty crest. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. 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, Jaxi is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Jaxi was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His chestnut hair is still thick. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: The child of a Painter, who enjoyed hunting, Einkil was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a falchion, but if one is not available he will default to his halberd. His hair is red and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp. 2 Smokesticks. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he tends to wear a large brown jacket. His fur is red and very short. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 18000 cp.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has wavy white hair. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Weaver born in the past three hundred years. 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 served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Grigi abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Weaver and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

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 psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp). Rose (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.