Description: She typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep silver.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a great chef.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Performer. She has achieved small success as a Performer.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a bowyer again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She got into the Ploughman business at a young age. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and he perpetually has his kukri ready. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her white fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. 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. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 90 gp. Tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He prefers to wear flannel. He is an epitome of beauty. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Pallabar isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pallabar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 70 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, tan shirt, and green tie, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her auburn hair is cut short. She has green eyes and a red hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a long, white cloak. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Architect. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Architect for hire.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist, Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp. Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.