Description: This malnourished man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 42000 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. 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: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect her home

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Mentor, Slave, Guardian. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1200 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is an epitome of beauty. His white hair is still thick. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Paelias and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep green spinel (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Onyx (40 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a simple white robe with violet stripes complete with hood, she is not a threatening figure. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Through the years after Kithri was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Kithri's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears tattered old clothes. She keeps her bronze crest in a flapper bob. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the south to a Server, Dentratha learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her parents enrolled her in a Bard school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Gardener they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Server, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 gp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His bronze crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has dark red hair. His fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Ekemon liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He bought a rapier and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman wears dull white sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed mace, just in case. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Stacee is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: The child of a Doctor, who enjoyed hunting, Stacee was taken on many hunting expeditions. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears dull black sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed kukri, just in case. He wears his brown hair down. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born in a small island village. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He bought a kukri and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1200 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.