Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'3". He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sai. His white hair is long and unkept. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has no hair. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson grey hat.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 290 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her crest is short and green. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Jeweler they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Layabout, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'9" and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has moderate length chestnut hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Sailor father left her crippled. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a junk dealer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a blue collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ella isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Ella was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Jeweler. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'0" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her black hair up. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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 comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 240 pp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her top grey hat.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Farmer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a simple tan robe with green stripes complete with hood. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His ears are large.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Jeweler born in the past three hundred years. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Jeweler. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Cook again; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: 3'8" and muscular, this southern man is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. He is baby faced.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp).