Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. She has white eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Phelaia was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. He is portly but not overly obese. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a Masseuse, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Holy water.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears skinny pants and wears a tan and grey robe with the hood down. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When Mumpena reached her early adolescence her Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears long strands of topaz and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Barrister but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born in the east. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. 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: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a blue coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Priest for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in the south to a Tanner, Mordai learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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 set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 30 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: He is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He carries with him a set of tridents on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: Suhnae is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mercenary business.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Persistence. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She keeps her red crest in a flapper bob. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Pink pearl (140 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp).