Description: This malnourished woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length white hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 9000 sp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Cumpen 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. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30000 cp. Iolite (50 gp). Coral (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

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 wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has purple hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Pelaios will drive conversation. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born in the east. Pelaios was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Shoemaker. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His crest is brass and very short. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Kiirith was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He's also a talented Carpenter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Carpenter; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is dressed in an above average manner. His chestnut hair is cut short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a Layabout, his father struggled to pay the bills. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 6000 sp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull white iron scale mail. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

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 father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has achieved small success as a Layabout.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: 3'1" and muscular, this western woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull red iron scale mail. His hair is golden and very short. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Heian isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp. Azurite (4 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, marred by beers. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She is a Brewer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Elizabeth was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Elizabeth decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 60 gp.