Description: This woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born into a rich family. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. 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's repulsed by the PC; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Cartwright. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She worked as a nervous Cartwright and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion.

Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a white vest and prefers green and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. 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. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a green tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has done her best to style her blue crest to look like a famous performer. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Arava took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up crossbow and armor she uses now. She has achieved small success as a Adventurer.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 190 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 4'0" and prefers to wear flannel. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his golden hair up. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered brown hat.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is golden and very short. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. Now she works as a music tutor during her time off.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 47000 sp. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Average lock. 1 Simple lock.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He likes to wear tan tank tops with yellow pants. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and doesn't want to be a baker and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. 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: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mara grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Mara. Being a Scribe kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Alvyn isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Alvyn reached his early adolescence his Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alvyn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a servant again

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Jet (100 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.