Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has wavy golden hair. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

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. 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 daughter.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Detective work with an outfit from a few towns over. Detective work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears professional attire, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'2" when asserting himself. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Silvo isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp. White opal (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Amber (50 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a sword on her belt. She has a hunchback. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Stylist. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born in the south. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dragonborn companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and she perpetually has her quarterstaff ready. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a great chef.

History: Born in the south to a Tailor, Vola learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she likes to wear pastel tank tops with brown skirt. Her red fur is smooth and relatively long. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a grey Stetson hat and grey clothes. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a Ruler first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Olunt was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'7". He wears baggy white pantaloons and a black scarf. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears just a black suit. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born into a rich family. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Mercenary. 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: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp.